Description
A colonization vessel bound for Beta Virginis carries 50 pioneers—25 men and 25 women—on a mission that depends on hard, physics-driven propulsion rather than miracles. As the ship accelerates toward a significant fraction of light speed, relativity reshapes time itself: the crew’s years aboard diverge dramatically from the decades that pass back on Earth, turning arrival into an uncertain, existential gamble. When the deceleration plan fails and the original destination becomes unreachable, the survivors must confront escalating danger, radiation, and the limits of engineering—pushing their ship and their humanity beyond what anyone expected. Blending rigorous scientific speculation with Poul Anderson’s classic, character-centered storytelling, the novel explores endurance, responsibility, and what it means to keep building a future when the universe refuses to cooperate.
Available Editions
paperback
Published Jan 8, 2015
346 pages
ISBN: 9782266239288
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Details
First Published
1970
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Tau Zero by Poul Anderson.