Halcyon (Stargate Atlantis novel)

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Halcyon
Author James Swallow
Cover artist Lindsay Allen
Country UK
Language English
Genre(s) Science Fiction
Publisher Fandemonium
Publication date 15th July 2007
Media type Print
Pages 320
ISBN 978-1905586011

Halcyon is a Stargate Atlantis tie-in novel by James Swallow, published by Fandemonium in the UK and available worldwide. The book is sometime between the season 2 episodes Runner and The Lost Boys.

[edit] Synopsis

The following is the blurb of the 2006 paperback edition of the novel as published by Fandemonium.

In their quest for new allies, Atlantis's flagship team travel to Halcyon: a grim and industrial world where the wraith are no longer feared - they are hunted. Horrified by the brutality of Halcyon's warlike people, Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard soon becomes caught in the political machinations of Halcyon's aristocracy. In a feudal society where strength means power, he realizes the nobles will stop at nothing to ensure victory over their rivals. Meanwhile, Doctor Rodney McKay enlists the aid of the ruler's daughter to investigate a powerful Ancient structure, but McKay's scientific brilliance has aroused the interest of the planet's most powerful man - a man with a problem he desperately needs McKay to solve. As Halcyon plunges into a catastrophe of its own making the team must join forces with the warlords - or die at the hands of their bitterest enemy...