TY - BOOK AB - Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope... -- AU - Paolini, Christopher, CN - PS3616.A55 ET - First U.S. edition. ID - 1470340 KW - Human-alien encounters KW - Space colonies KW - Interplanetary voyages KW - Space warfare KW - Space colonies KW - Human-alien encounters KW - Imaginary places KW - Relics KW - Space warfare KW - Women explorers KW - Rencontres avec les extraterrestres KW - Colonies spatiales KW - Voyages interplanétaires KW - Guerre spatiale KW - FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera. KW - FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact. KW - FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure. KW - Space warfare. KW - Interplanetary voyages. KW - Human-alien encounters. KW - Space colonies. KW - Women explorers KW - Extraterrestrial beings KW - Relics KW - Space colonies KW - Space warfare KW - Geographical myths N1 - "To Sleep is actually the first of what will be many books in what I'm calling the Fractalverse." -- source: https://www.paolini.net. N1 - "A Tom Doherty Associates book" N2 - Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope... -- SN - 9781250762849 SN - 1250762847 SN - 9781250762924 SN - 1250762928 T1 - To sleep in a sea of stars / TI - To sleep in a sea of stars / ER -