Gentry Lee Boeken

Rama Revealed (1993) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. It is the last of three sequels to Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama by these authors. The book picks up the story immediately after the end of The Garden of Rama. The book follows the story of Nicole Wakefield and her escape from imprisonment left at the cliffhanger of the previous book.

In the year 2130 a mysterious spaceship, Rama, arrived in the solar system. It was huge - big enough to contain a city and a sea - and empty, apparently abandoned. By the time Rama departed for its next, unknown, destination many wonders had been uncovered, but few mysteries solved. Only one thing was clear: everything the enigmatic builders of Rama did, they did in threes.Eighty years later the second alien craft arrived in the solar system. This time, Earth had been waiting. But all the years of preparation were not enough to unlock the Raman enigma.Now Rama II is on its way out of the solar system. Aboard it are three humans, two men and a woman, left behind when the expedition departed. Ahead of them lies the unknown, a voyage no human has ever experienced. And at the end of it - and who could tell how many years away that might be? - may lie the truth about Rama...

“This is a space trip that no reader will want to miss.”—Playboy Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft called Rama sailed through our solar system as mind-boggling proof that life existed—or had existed—elsewhere in the universe. Now, at the dawn of the twenty-third century, another ship is discovered hurtling toward us. A crew of Earth's best and brightest minds is assembled to rendezvous with the massive vessel. They are armed with everything we know about Raman technology and culture. But nothing can prepare them for what they are about to encounter on board Rama II: cosmic secrets that are startling, sensational—and perhaps even deadly. “Offers one surprise after another.”—The New York Times “A masterpiece . . . one of the year’s best hard SF epics.”—The Houston Post

Two seemingly unconnected events trigger off the discovery of nothing less than the secret of humanity's existence. Written in conjunction with author and senior NASA scientist Gentry Lee.

To Sister Beatrice, a priestess of the global Order of St. Michael, the cloud of tiny white particles is a message from God. To Johann Eberhardt, a German systems engineer, it is an anomaly of physics. But to the Rama society, it may; be the long-awaited proof of nonhuman intelligence. On Mars, Johann and Beatrice will meet, drawn together by a fabulous account of a vast city lost beneath the red planet's harsh landscape. Joined by none Martian colonists, the mystic and the skeptic will board a strange craft that will hurtle them toward the truth behind the mysterious bright messergers and a startling journey into the heart of the unknown.

5. kniha série Ráma Země, rok 2142. Pro sestru Beatricii, biskupa řádu sv. Michaela na Marsu, je vířící oblak třpytivých částeček Božím poselství. Johann Eberhardt, německý inženýr, v něm vidí poselství mimozemšťanů, po které lidé pátrají od chvíle, co Sluneční soustavou proletěla obrovská loď neznámého původu nazvaná Ráma. Kdo z nich má pravdu?...

V knize Noc dvojího úplňku se rozvíjí příběh Johanna, Beatrice a marťanských kolonistů, kteří se vydávají na nejtajemnější dobrodružství v lidské historii. Inženýr Johann Eberhardt žije na malebném ostrově uvnitř obrovské koule, která je pro něj zároveň rájem a vězením. Spolu s kněžkou Beatricí, jež pátrá po podstatě mystických návštěvníků, vstoupil do koule před osmi lety. Od té doby Johann žije ve virtuální izolaci, aby vychovával Beatricinu dceru Marii, která zůstala osamělá po tragické smrti matky. Když je jejich ostrov napaden tajemnou životní formou, rozhodne se Johann riskovat vše a vydat se na nebezpečnou cestu přes vodu, aby našel bezpečí a své kolegy kolonisty. Odysea, plná smrtelného nebezpečí a podivných stvoření, ho zavede k novým výzvám. Po opětovném spojení kolonistů na exotické planetě čelí Johann těžkému úkolu. Beatrice mu přináší varování: musí zjistit, jak přežít nadcházející „noc dvojího úplňku“. Pokud selže, hrozí zničení nejen jeho, ale i všech ostatních, a navždy zůstanou nezodpovězená tajemství kosmu, do jehož hloubi se vydali.