01442cam a2200289 i 4500 1262038542 TxAuBib 200724s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781250762849 1250762847 (OCoLC)18422 TxAuBib rda Paolini, Christopher, author. To sleep in a sea of stars / Christopher Paolini. First U.S. edition. New York : Tor, 2020. 878 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier ""A Tom Doherty Associates book."". 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. Human-alien encounters Fiction. Space warfare Fiction. Space colonies Fiction. Science fiction.