Olympos

#2 Ilium

Dan Simmons

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Gollancz
01 October 2006

Science fiction; Nanotechnology; Robots; War

Series: Ilium

Helen of Troy is in mourning for her dead husband, Paris. Killed in single combat with the merciless Apollo, his body is nothing but a scorched and blasted thing. Hockenberry, her lover, still sneaks from her bed after their nights of lovemaking. And the gods still strike out from the besieged Olympos, their single-molecule bomb casings quantum phase-shifting through the moravecs' force shield and laying waste to Ilium. Or so Hockenberry and the amusing little metal creature, Mahnmut, have tried to explain to her. Helen of Troy does not give a fig about machines. She must dress for the funeral. And man and the gods and the unknown players in this tragedy must prepare for the final act. And a battle that will decide the future of the universe itself.

By: Dan Simmons
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 52mm
Weight: 505g
ISBN: 9780575078826
ISBN 10: 0575078820
Series: Ilium
Pages: 832
Publication Date: 01 October 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.dansimmons.com

Dan Simmons won the World Fantasy Award for his first novel, SONG OF KALI, inspired by his travels in India. In the 1990s he rewrote the SF rulebook with his Hyperion Cantos quartet. He has also written thrillers. Alongside his writing he maintains a career as a college lecturer in English Literature in the USA.