01782cam a2200361 i 4500 811200322 TxAuBib 20230524120000.0 230221s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023007591 9781250862488 1250862485 (OCoLC)1347019873 TxAuBib rda Paolini, Christopher, author. Fractal noise / Christopher Paolini. First edition. New York : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. 286 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII:a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why. But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space. For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others a risk not worth taking, and for one it is a desperate attempt to find meaning in an uncaring universe. Each step they take toward the mysterious abyss is more punishing than the last. And the ghosts of their past follow."-- Book jacket. 20230524. Space Discovery and exploration Fiction. . Space colonies Fiction. Discoveries in science Fiction. Human-alien encounters Fiction. Science fiction.