A Tor.com original, Nebula Award-winning author Gregory Benford's Grace Immaculate is the awe-inspiring story of first contact—and the beginning of something more. Earth picked up the signals from 134 light years away. Humanity's leaders quickly established contact with the alien Hydrans, engaging in a cultural exchange lasting centuries. But maintaining a communicative understanding between two very different species over such a long distance results in altering both societies beyond expectation... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. As a science fiction author, Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient mechanical life.
