Telemass Quartet

Series · 4 books · 2014-2017

By Eric Brown

Books in series

Famadihana On Fomalhaut IV

2014

Matt Hendrick Telemasses to planet of Avoeli, Fomalhaut IV, in order to track down and rescue his kidnapped daughter. What he finds on the easy going backwater colony is a bizarre religious cult and a race of aliens whose rituals promise to bring the dead back to life. Accompanied by the enigmatic Tiana Tandra, herself attempting to locate a missing loved one, they discover the terrible secret buried deep in the heart of the Avoelian jungle.

Sacrifice on Spica III

2014

The planet of Kallithea, Spica III, is starting its punishing five year winter. The planet is slowly closing down, its inhabitants retreating far underground to await the arrival of summer. To this inhospitable ice-bound world comes Matt Hendrick, searching for his ex-wife and his daughter, along with his old friend Ed Miller seeking to arrest the installation artist Katerina Nordstrom on a charge of murder. What they find on Spica III is a cult whose charismatic leader demands nothing less from his adherents than the ultimate sacrifice: suicide. Sacrifice on Spica III combines expert story-telling, stunning set pieces, and in Matt Hendrick a central character haunted by memories of his painful past . . .

Reunion on Alpha Reticuli II

2016

His quest to find his wife and daughter takes Matt Hendrick to the world of Tourmaline, the luxury resort planet to which millions of tourists from across the Expansion Telemass every month. There Hendrick comes across a telepath who offers to help him trace his wife, but all is not as it seems. And soon it will be Starship Day—when an ancient spaceship will arrive in orbit at the end of a voyage lasting five hundred years, bringing much more than Matt expects. And when an alien Effectuator claims he can bring Matt's dead daughter back to life, Matt finds himself caught on the horns of a dilemma. Reunion on Alpha Reticuli II is the third instalment of Eric Brown's thrilling and exotic Telemass Quartet.

Exalted on Bellatrix 1

2017

On his long quest to locate his daughter, Matt Hendrick is approaching the end game. His lover, telepath Mercury Velasquez, has traced Matt’s ex-wife and his daughter to the planet of Beltran, Bellatrix I, home of the advanced but reclusive alien race known as the Vhey. But why have his ex-wife and her lover Dr Hovarth taken Matt’s daughter to Beltran? Are they in search of an alien cure for the girl’s illness? Hendrick and Mercury Telemass to Beltran and find a secretive artists’ colony ruled by the renowned crystal artist Edward Lincoln and discover the secret of Lincoln’s fascination with the Vhey. In a moving and horrific dénouement, Hendrick at last finds his daughter – but she is in mortal danger from a source other than the natives of Beltran.

Author

Eric Brown

Author · 62 books

Eric Brown was born in Haworth, West Yorkshire, in 1960, and has lived in Australia, India and Greece. He began writing in 1975, influenced by Agatha Christie and the science fiction writer Robert Silverberg. Since then he has written over forty-five books and published over a hundred and twenty short stories, selling his first story in 1986 and his first novel in 1992. He has written a dozen books for children; young adult titles as well as books for reluctant readers. He has been nominated for the British Science Fiction Award five times, winning it twice for his short stories in 2000 and 2002. His work has been translated into sixteen languages and he writes a monthly science fiction review column for the Guardian. His hobbies include collecting books and cooking (particularly Indian curries). He lives in Dunbar, East Lothian, with his wife and daughter.