If you want hardcore science fiction, this is the book for you. The Temporal Void was the first novel I've read for months and its dual plot, along with its ever-shifting perspectives, left me dizzy and disjointed after reading the 700-page novel; in a good way, of course.
The setting of the story takes place more than a thousand years from now, where faster-than-light travel, in-body computers and the ability to store your memories so that they can be implanted onto another body when you die is the norm. The Temporal Void is a second part of a trilogy, the first entitled The Dreaming Void where a man named Inigo dreamed of a life of a man named Edeard and his inspirational adventures in the city of Makkrathan in a mysterious part of the galaxy called the Void. Inigo's dreams were released into the gaiafield, an accessible network that enabled those with gaiamotes to feel what other people are feeling, and sparked a religious movement known as the Living Dream. Fast forward a couple of years and a Second Dreamer arrives, but shocks the galaxy when they refused to do a task set by the Skylords, god-like beings that live in the Void.
That's where The Temporal Void starts. The Second Dreamer's refusal to do the Skylord's bidding, as mellow as those beings are, triggered a sudden and rapid expansion of the Void where it consumed anything that was in its path. Several factions race against each other to capture the Second Dreamer even as a threat of intergalactic war begins to form. In the middle of this all is Araminta, a normal woman that has lived a normal life and is the Second Dreamer. The Temporal Void is book for those who love hardcore sci-fi, political intrigue and plots within plots within plots within plots. It's confusing to follow the book if you've never read any of Peter Hamilton's works, but it's a good read.
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