Exultant: Destiny's Children Book 2 (Gollancz S.F.) [Hardcover]

"Absurdly ambitious, technically brilliant and downright exciting" (Jonathan Wright SFX )

"Warfare and human evolution as they have rarely been depicted. Baxter's writing and characters are vivid, and the focus on humanity's possible development remains the saga's core theme. Fascinating serious SF" (Brigid Cherry DREAMWATCH )

"Baxter once again offers up stunning cutting edge physics" (Liz Sourbut NEW SCIENTIST ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

"VBaxter once again offers up stunning cutting edge physics" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

"Baxter once again offers up stunning cutting edge physics" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The second of Baxter's DESTINY'S CHILDREN series moves the story into the distant future and a grim vision of inter-galactic war. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Set 25,000 years from now, EXULTANT takes mankind into a millenial war for the control of the galaxy itself. A war against the unknowable, utterly alien Xeelee. Now the war has reached the galaxy's hot core, the Xeelee stronghold and, impossibly, it seems that a final victory may be at hand. It is a victory that will rely on mankind's latest warriors. In a war for survival you are expected to live bravely and die young for the good of the greater. A massive selective breeding campaign has led to the best solution - child soldiers. But the Xeelee predate man by millions of years and they will not be easily beaten. EXULTANT is an epic dark novel of a savage future. It is at once a warning about the dangers of winning whatever the cost and a hugely impressive piece of SF.

Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writer of his generation. Published around the world he has also won major awards in the UK, US, Germany, and Japan. Born in 1957 he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife.