En el siglo XXII, los humanos habitan la Luna y Marte. Una veterana de guerra ha fundado Crislam, doctrina religiosa impartida a través de módulos de realidad virtual. Aunque no queda comida natural, reciclando desechos se consigue cualquier plato. La ingeniería genética es capaz de todo, pero el Papa se opone a cada nuevo avance...

La aparición de un asteroide que amenaza con caer sobre la Tierra desencadenará una crisis de consecuencias imprevisibles.

El celebrado autor de 2001: una odisea espacial recupera las dotes que lo convirtieron en maestro del género: perspicacia para plantear un futuro lejano pero ya visible, capacidad de entretener al lector y al tiempo retar su intelecto, y una ironía cargada de ingenio contundente.

Los cuatro libros que componen la saga «Odisea espacial» -2001. Una odisea espacial; 2010. Odisea dos; 2061. Odisea tres y 3001. Odisea final- suponen uno de los grandes hitos de la literatura de ciencia-ficción y el relato, fantástico pero no fantasioso, de una de las mayores epopeyas de todos los tiempos.

La aparición de un misterioso monolito negro es el eje sobre el cual gira una aventura que dura miles de años, desde los primeros pasos del hombre como tal hasta la conquista del espacio, la creación de inteligencias artificiales y el contacto con seres superiores cuya forma de vida nada tiene que ver con la que conocemos en la Tierra.

La intriga, la acción y la desbordante imaginación propias del género confluyen en esta obra magna con el planteamiento de las grandes cuestiones de la humanidad: ¿Quiénes somos? ¿Cuál es nuestra esencia? ¿Qué lugar ocupamos en el cosmos?

Her code name is Sparta. Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities of superhuman dimension-the product of advanced biotechnology. Recovering from her mission on Mars, Sparta finds herself the guest of the Space Board.

But relaxation is short-lived as she sets out on an interplanetary investigation-of the Space Board itself! Members of the Free Spirit, a religious cult intending to gain control of all the worlds of our galaxy, have infiltrated the Space Board.

As the date of the manned mission into the clouds of Jupiter approaches, Sparta's suspicions grow. She is certain the mission has fallen into the hands of the cult, and she is determined to stop it.

Her code name is Sparta. Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities far surpassing those of a normal human-the first product of advanced biotech engineering.

At long last, evidence of extraterrestrial life has been found: a plaque discovered on the edge of the north polar icecap on Mars. And when the theft of that alien artifact leads to two murders in the Labyrinth City, Sparta must risk her life and her identity to solve the case.

As the mystery unravels, the investigation becomes a race across the stars to retrieve the plaque, a quest which will ultimately uncover even more evidence than Earth's scientists have ever discovered!

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Her code name is Sparta, whose beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities of superhuman dimension; the product of advanced biotech engineering.

When a team of scientists is trapped in the gaseous inferno of Venus, Sparta must risk her life to save them, unaware that her actions will help recover a mysterious artifact: irrefutable evidence of life on another planet.

- CHICAGO SUN TIMES

Her code name is Sparta. Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities far surpassing those of a normal human. For she is more than human: Sparta is the first product of advanced biotech engineering. But now she is little more than a cipher to herself-crucial memories of the past three years are locked away in the dark recesses of her brain.

When the crippled freighter Star Queen arrives at Venus Station with a lone survivor on board, Sparta must risk her life to investigate what really happened during its deadly voyage in space.

She must solve this mystery even as she unlocks another-the truth behind her own identity. . .

This tautly paced story brings together the genius of Arthur C. Clarke and Paul Preuss, whose work has been described by The NEW YORK TIMES as "Lively, intelligent . . . hard-driving."

Liderada por el profesor Forster, la expedición realiza una serie de cruciales descubrimientos. Sin embargo, el acérrimo rival de Forster se propone frustrarlos siniestramente, y sólo la bella y enigmática Sparta podrá impedir un sabotaje de consecuencias incalculables... Otro extraordinario título de la célebre serie de ficción científica del autor de 2001: una odisea espacial.