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      Coalescent

      by Stephen Baxter
      Published
      Dec 2003
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      544
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      Series
      Destiny's Children Book 1
      Also Appears In
      Xeelee Sequence Book 1

      About This Book

      When his father dies suddenly, George Poole stumbles onto a family secret: He has a twin sister he never knew existed, who was raised by an enigmatic cult called the Order. The Order is a hive--a human hive with a dominant queen--that has prospered below the streets of Rome for almost two millennia. After Poole enters the Order's vast underground city and meets the disturbing inhabitants, he uncovers evidence that they have embarked on a divergent evolutionary path. These genetically superior humans are equipped with the tools necessary to render modern Homo sapiens as extinct as the Neanderthals. And now they are preparing to leave their underground realm.

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      Xeelee Sequence
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      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

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      Alternative History Science Fiction Space Opera

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      Nov 2004 Del Rey ISBN13 9780345457868 ISBN10 0345457862
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      Jun 2004 Gollancz (UK) ISBN13 9780575075535 ISBN10 0575075538
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      Nov 2003 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345457875 ISBN10 0345457870
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