Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960, and still lives near Rutland Water with his wife and daughter. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has also been published in Interzone and the In Dreams and New Worlds anthologies, and several small-press publications. His previous novels include the Greg Mandel series: Mindstar Rising, A Quantum Murder and The Nano Flower and the 'Night's Dawn' trilogy: The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God, which established him as Britain's bestselling writer of science fiction and a major name in global science fiction writing. In recent years his 'Commonwealth Saga', which consists of the novels Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained has reaffirmed in standing in the world of science fiction. His twelve novels and one handbook (a vital guide to the 'Night's Dawn' trilogy) have sold well over two million copies worldwide.
A pacey traditionally styled adventure yarn in which the reader can
revel . . . Hamilton doesn’t mess about . . . the story races ahead
with verve and flair
*Starburst*
The plotting is tight and ingenious
*Interzone*
Hamilton appears as a full-fledged SF technician, able to manage
the demands of the genre without working up a sweat
*Locus*
A stunning new debut novel . . . possibly the best since Bester,
incorporating future predictions of climate, social, social,
business, and political behaviour, completing this with hard
science, believable scenarios, excellently balanced characters, and
a good well-told story. What more do you want? Not to be missed
*Critical Wave*
Published in England in 1993, this first book in the Greg Mandel trilogy introduces us to an England suffering from the environmental and political effects of global warming, an energy crisis, and a credit crash. Mandel, an assassin, is hired to protect a teenage corporate heiress. As Mandel goes through his paces, Hamilton fully describes the devastated countryside and political machinations in a country struggling to cope in a bleak future. Recommended for sf collections.
A pacey traditionally styled adventure yarn in which the
reader can revel . . . Hamilton doesn't mess about . . . the story
races ahead with verve and flair -- Starburst
The plotting is tight and ingenious -- Interzone
Hamilton appears as a full-fledged SF technician, able to
manage the demands of the genre without working up a sweat --
Locus
A stunning new debut novel . . . possibly the best since
Bester, incorporating future predictions of climate, social,
social, business, and political behaviour, completing this with
hard science, believable scenarios, excellently balanced
characters, and a good well-told story. What more do you want?
Not to be missed -- Critical Wave
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