Abstract:

In 2082, humanity became convinced that it was not alone in the Universe. Countless alien reconnaissance probes enveloped the Earth in a luminous web. Having burned up in the atmosphere, they managed to transmit a signal beyond the solar system. The Theseus ship with a team of the best specialists in their field was sent to establish contact with extraterrestrial civilization. But when the researchers reach their goal, they will realize that the most incredible fantasies about alien intelligence pale in comparison with reality, and the fate of the Earth and all of humanity is at stake. The collection presents two novels and two short stories from Peter Watts' science fiction series "Firefall" / Firefall: - False Blindness / Blindsight (2006) - Colonel / The Colonel (2014) - Insect Gods (2015) - Echopraxia / Echopraxia (2014)