The legendary space opera that kicked off the ground-breaking, universe-spanning series.

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling their homeworld, their predecessors are of little interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city.

For brilliant and ruthless scientist Dan Sylveste, the long-dead race are more than a merely intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth of their demise.

But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and the danger is closer and greater than even Sylveste can imagine...

REVELATION SPACE: a huge, magnificent space opera that ranges across the known and unknown universe ... towards the most terrifying of destinations.

Readers are hooked on Revelation Space:

''An amazing blend of space opera, hard SF, and gothic horror that reads like a cross between Frank Herbert''s "Dune" and Ridley Scott''s film "Alien'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

''Marvellous hard space opera.'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

''Revelation Space series is one of my favouritest favourites . . . Reynolds held me in thrall with his vision'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

''a gritty, desolate, and unforgiving universe in which humanity finds itself in imminent danger of extinction . . . I highly recommend it to all adult fans of space opera, cyberpunk, and horror genres'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

''A darn good, solid, well executed work of hard sci-fi . . . I really appreciate that Revelation Space ends in a satisfying and self-contained way'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

''Awesome characters, awesome setting, awesome ideas, awesome awesome awesome . . .'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐