Heaven's Reach

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Title Heaven's Reach
Author David Brin
Series Uplift Storm
Genre(s) Science Fiction
Publisher
Released
Media type Print ()
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Preceded by Infinity's Shore

Heaven's Reach is the third novel in the Uplift Storm series by David Brin. Like the first two, it follows the adventures of the Terran scout ship, Streaker. This novel, though, features more alternate storylines than its predecessors, tracking not only the humans, but the Jijoan exiles as they re-enter mainstream Galactic society, the chimpanzee hyperspace scout Harry Harms, the plant-like Jophur as they chase the humans, and the humans hiding on the Jophur ship.

The book takes the Streakers off of the planet Jijo and back in space. Still trying to reach Earth, they come into contact with various orders of life: Hydrogen Breathers, the Retired, Machines, and the Transcendent. Soon an impending event of universe-shattering importance is revealed - and the Streakers are recruited by the Transcendents to play a part in it, before limping back to Earth with one trick left to play.


The Uplift series
Sundiver (1980) | Startide Rising (1983) | The Uplift War (1987)
Uplift Storm trilogy
Brightness Reef (1995) | Infinity's Shore (1996) | Heaven's Reach (1998)