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The first in the Night's Dawn trilogy, The Reality Dysfunction is a sweeping, intergalactic adventure from the master of space opera, Peter F. Hamilton. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds.

An extinct race named this phenomenon 'the Reality Dysfunction'. It is a nightmare that has haunted us since the dawn of time . . .

In AD 2600, the human race is finally realizing its potential. The galaxy’s colonized planets host a multitude of diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has defeated disease and produced extraordinary space-born creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive, living on the wealth created by industrializing entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space, the Confederation Navy keeps the peace.

Then something goes catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet, a renegade criminal encounters an utterly alien entity. And this unintended meeting triggers the release of those that should never see the light – threatening everything we’ve become . . .

'Hamilton puts British sci-fi back into interstellar overdrive' – The Times

The Reality Dysfunction is followed by The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God.

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Critic reviews

Absolute vintage science-fiction. Hamilton puts British sci-fi back into interstellar overdrive
An epic in the traditional sense of the word . . . thunderously enjoyable
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Great book and great narrative abs reading. However it's let down by one small but massive issue. Not enough of a pause between sections! This makes it easy to get confused as to who is saying what to whom or where the action is going on.

Outstanding but...

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there are no breaks between sceens so sentences belonging to different areas get confused. it's a good story but the auther tends to over describe the surrounding and history of the characters. high score for the overall story

no breaks between scenes

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I have been waiting years for the Nights Dawn trilogy to appear on Audible. To my mind this is the best of Peter F Hamiltons trilogy's. Also, it's very well narrated.

Excellent!

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It's a book for long time fans or experts on a precursor series. It's too dence to drop into.

Cant get through it.

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Great listen but there were some mission sections. Maybe 2 or 3 parts missing from the end of some chapters.

Brilliant book but missing sections

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