Shipstar: A Science Fiction Novel (Bowl of Heaven, 2)

Shipstar: A Science Fiction Novel (Bowl of Heaven, 2) by Benford, Gregory. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780765367129.

The dramatic sequel to Larry Niven and Gregory Benfords New York Times bestselling novel, Bowl of Heaven Science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system the human ship is to colonize. Investigating the Bowl, or Shipstar, the human explorers are separated―one group captured by the gigantic structures alien inhabitants, the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape―while the mystery of the Shipstars origins and purpose propel the human voyagers toward discoveries that transform their understanding of their place in the universe.