Hilldiggers - Tapa blanda

Rich and complex . . . wild, wonderful, politically provoking and fresh. * DeathRay * A very political novel about the conflicts between the military and civilians, between the war and post-war generations, and balancing truth and reconciliation. * Starburst * Packed full of intrigue, and - most importantly - one of his most ambitious and gripping novels yet. * SFX *

In Neal Asher's Hilldiggers, during a war between two planets in the same solar system - each occupied by adapted humans - what is thought to be a cosmic superstring is discovered. After being cut, this object collapses into four cylindrical pieces, each about the size of a tube train. Each is densely packed with either alien technology or some kind of life. They are placed for safety in three ozark cylinders of a massively secure space station. There a female research scientist subsequently falls pregnant, and gives birth to quads. Then she commits suicide - but why? By the end of the war one of the contesting planets has been devastated by the hilldiggers - giant space dreadnoughts employing weapons capable of creating mountain ranges. The quads have meanwhile grown up and are assuming positions of power in the post-war society. One of them will eventually gain control of the awesome hilldiggers . . .