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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Christopher Paolini
Contents (300)
  1. PART ONE
  2. EXOGENESIS
  3. CHAPTER I
  4. DREAMS
  5. 1.
  6. 2.
  7. 3.
  8. CHAPTER II
  9. RELIQUARY
  10. 1.
  11. 2.
  12. 3.
  13. 4.
  14. CHAPTER III
  15. EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
  16. 1.
  17. 2.
  18. 3.
  19. 4.
  20. CHAPTER IV
  21. ANGUISH
  22. 1.
  23. 2.
  24. 3.
  25. CHAPTER V
  26. MADNESS
  27. 1.
  28. 2.
  29. 3.
  30. 4.
  31. 5.
  32. CHAPTER VI
  33. SHOUTS & ECHOES
  34. 1.
  35. 2.
  36. 3.
  37. 4.
  38. 5.
  39. 6.
  40. CHAPTER VII
  41. COUNTDOWN
  42. 1.
  43. 2.
  44. CHAPTER VIII
  45. OUT & ABOUT
  46. 1.
  47. 2.
  48. CHAPTER IX
  49. CHOICES
  50. 1.
  51. 2.
  52. 3.
  53. 4.
  54. 5.
  55. EXEUNT I
  56. 1.
  57. 2.
  58. 3.
  59. 4.
  60. PART TWO
  61. SUBLIMARE
  62. CHAPTER I
  63. AWAKENING
  64. 1.
  65. 2.
  66. 3.
  67. 4.
  68. CHAPTER II
  69. WALLFISH
  70. 1.
  71. 2.
  72. 3.
  73. 4.
  74. CHAPTER III
  75. ASSUMPTIONS
  76. 1.
  77. 2.
  78. 3.
  79. 4.
  80. 5.
  81. 6.
  82. CHAPTER IV
  83. KRIEGSSPIEL
  84. 1.
  85. 2.
  86. 3.
  87. CHAPTER V
  88. EXTREMIS
  89. 1.
  90. 2.
  91. CHAPTER VI
  92. NEAR & FAR
  93. 1.
  94. 2.
  95. 3.
  96. 4.
  97. 5.
  98. CHAPTER VII
  99. ICONS & INDICATIONS
  100. 1.
  101. 2.
  102. 3.
  103. 4.
  104. CHAPTER VIII
  105. NOWHERE TO HIDE
  106. 1.
  107. 2.
  108. 3.
  109. 4.
  110. CHAPTER IX
  111. GRACELING
  112. 1.
  113. 2.
  114. 3.
  115. 4.
  116. CHAPTER X
  117. DARMSTADT
  118. 1.
  119. 2.
  120. 3.
  121. 4.
  122. CHAPTER XI
  123. EXPOSURE
  124. 1.
  125. 2.
  126. 3.
  127. 4.
  128. 5.
  129. 6.
  130. CHAPTER XII
  131. LESSONS
  132. 1.
  133. 2.
  134. 3.
  135. 4.
  136. 5.
  137. 6.
  138. 7.
  139. 8.
  140. EXEUNT II
  141. 1.
  142. 2.
  143. 3.
  144. 4.
  145. 5.
  146. 6.
  147. 7.
  148. PART THREE
  149. APOCALYPSIS
  150. CHAPTER I
  151. PAST SINS
  152. 1.
  153. 2.
  154. 3.
  155. 4.
  156. 5.
  157. 6.
  158. 7.
  159. 8.
  160. 9.
  161. CHAPTER II
  162. A CAELO USQUE AD CENTRUM
  163. 1.
  164. 2.
  165. CHAPTER III
  166. SHARDS
  167. 1.
  168. 2.
  169. 3.
  170. 4.
  171. CHAPTER IV
  172. TERROR
  173. 1.
  174. 2.
  175. 3.
  176. CHAPTER V
  177. SIC ITUR AD ASTRA
  178. 1.
  179. 2.
  180. CHAPTER VI
  181. INTO THE DARK
  182. 1.
  183. 2.
  184. 3.
  185. CHAPTER VII
  186. NECESSITY
  187. 1.
  188. 2.
  189. 3.
  190. 4.
  191. 5.
  192. CHAPTER VIII
  193. SINS OF THE PRESENT
  194. 1.
  195. 2.
  196. 3.
  197. EXEUNT III
  198. 1.
  199. 2.
  200. 3.
  201. 4.
  202. 5.
  203. 6.
  204. 7.
  205. PART FOUR
  206. FIDELITATIS
  207. CHAPTER I
  208. DISSONANCE
  209. 1.
  210. 2.
  211. 3.
  212. 4.
  213. 5.
  214. CHAPTER II
  215. ORSTED STATION
  216. 1.
  217. 2.
  218. 3.
  219. 4.
  220. 5.
  221. 6.
  222. CHAPTER III
  223. ESCAPE!
  224. 1.
  225. 2.
  226. 3.
  227. 4.
  228. 5.
  229. 6.
  230. 7.
  231. CHAPTER IV
  232. NECESSITY II
  233. 1.
  234. 2.
  235. 3.
  236. 4.
  237. 5.
  238. EXEUNT IV
  239. 1.
  240. 2.
  241. 3.
  242. 4.
  243. PART FIVE
  244. MALIGNITATEM
  245. CHAPTER I
  246. ARRIVAL
  247. 1.
  248. 2.
  249. 3.
  250. 4.
  251. 5.
  252. 6.
  253. 7.
  254. CHAPTER II
  255. NECESSITY III
  256. 1.
  257. 2.
  258. 3.
  259. 4.
  260. 5.
  261. 6.
  262. 7.
  263. CHAPTER III
  264. INTEGRATUM
  265. 1.
  266. 2.
  267. 3.
  268. 4.
  269. 5.
  270. 6.
  271. 7.
  272. CHAPTER IV
  273. FERRO COMITANTE
  274. 1.
  275. 2.
  276. 3.
  277. 4.
  278. 5.
  279. 6.
  280. 7.
  281. CHAPTER V
  282. ASTRORUM IRAE
  283. 1.
  284. 2.
  285. 3.
  286. 4.
  287. 5.
  288. 6.
  289. 7.
  290. 8.
  291. 9.
  292. 10.
  293. 11.
  294. 12.
  295. 13.
  296. 14.
  297. CHAPTER VI
  298. SUB SPECIE AETERNITATIS
  299. 1.
  300. 2.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

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AS ALWAYS, THIS IS FOR MY FAMILY.

And also for the scientists, engineers, and dreamers working to build our future among the stars.

PART ONE

EXOGENESIS

O goddess-born of great Anchises’ line,

The gates of hell are open night and day;

Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:

But to return, and view the cheerful skies,

In this the task and mighty labor lies.

—AENEID 6.126–129

JOHN DRYDEN TRANSLATION

CHAPTER I

DREAMS

1.

The orange gas giant, Zeus, hung low above the horizon, huge and heavy and glowing with a ruddy half-light. Around it glittered a field of stars, bright against the black of space, while beneath the giant’s lidless glare stretched a grey wasteland streaked with stone.

A small huddle of buildings stood in the otherwise desolate expanse. Domes and tunnels and windowed enclosures, a lone place of warmth and life amid the alien environment.

Inside the compound’s cramped lab, Kira struggled to extract the gene sequencer from its alcove in the wall. The machine wasn’t that large, but it was heavy, and she couldn’t get a good grip on it.

“Dammit,” she muttered, and readjusted her stance.

Most of their equipment would stay on Adrasteia, the Earth-sized moon they had spent the past four months surveying. Most of their equipment, but not all. The gene sequencer was part of a xenobiologist’s basic kit, and where she went, it went. Besides, the colonists who would soon be arriving on the Shakti-Uma-Sati would have newer, better models, not the budget, travel-sized one the company had stuck her with.

Kira pulled again. Her fingers slipped, and she sucked in her breath as one of the metal edges sliced her palm. She let go and, upon examining her hand, saw a thin line of blood oozing through the skin.