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Eine ferne Zukunft auf einem fernen, scheinbar paradiesischen Planeten – doch der Schein trügt. Etwas Mörderisches lauert unter der Erde. Daher haben die Siedler ihre Kinder gentechnisch aufgerüstet, sodass sie fliegen können. Es gibt jedoch weitere Rätsel: Noch nie haben die Menschen die Sterne gesehen. Der Himmel ist immer bedeckt, als würde sich dahinter etwas verbergen. Den Himmel, so heißt es, kann man nicht erreichen. Oder doch? Owen, einem Außenseiter, gelingt es – mit tödlichen Folgen …
Author
Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic. Eschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer. He has been writing since he was 12 years old. His first professional publication was the short story Dolls, published in 1991 in German computing magazine C't. His first novel was published in 1995. Five of his novels have won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the German SF scene. His novels have also been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Turkish and Japanese. In 2002, his novel Das Jesus Video was adapted for German television. In 2003, his novel Eine Billion Dollar was adapted for German radio. As of 2006, his only novel translated into English was Die Haarteppichknüpfer, published in 2005 as The Carpet Makers.
