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Xeelee : Vengeance by Baxter, Stephen, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Xeelee : Vengeance about?
346 pages ; 24 cm, Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the Galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole. Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most influential heroes. He was not a warrior, not an emperor. He was an engineer, a builder of wormhole transit systems. But Poole's work would ultimately lead to a vast and destructive conflict, a million-year war between humanity and the enigmatic, powerful aliens known as the Xeelee. The Xeelee won, but at a huge cost. And, defeated in a greater war, the Xeelee eventually fled the universe. Most of them. A handful were left behind, equipped with time travel capabilities, their task to tidy up: to reorder history more to the Xeelee's liking. That million-year war with humankind was one blemish. It had to be erased. And in order to do that, a lone Xeelee was sent back in time to remove Michael Poole from history ..
Who reads Xeelee : Vengeance?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Baxter, Stephen, author
- Publisher
- London, England : Gollancz
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781473217188
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.85 / 5 (24 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14