Transcendence (Sheffield novel)

1992 novel by Charles Sheffield

For the 2002 novel by R. A. Salvatore, see Transcendence (Salvatore novel). For the 2005 novel by Stephen Baxter, see Transcendent (novel).

First US edition (publ. Del Rey Books)
Cover art by Bruce Jensen

Transcendence (1992) is a science fiction novel by American writer Charles Sheffield, part of his Heritage Universe series. This book is the sequel to Summertide and Divergence.

Plot

After discovering new artifacts in the previous books, the team gets together again this time to search for the Zardalu unwittingly unleashed upon the galaxy during their previous adventure. This search leads them to the Zardalu Communion and the exploration of a huge space-time anomaly called the Torvil Anfract.

The novel includes excerpts from the Hot Rocks, Warm Beer, Cold Comfort: Jetting Alone Around the Galaxy, a sort-of travel book by Captain Alonzo Wilberforce Sloane (retired).

The sequel to this novel is Convergence.

References

"TRANSCENDENCE". Kirkus Reviews. May 1, 1992. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

v t e Bibliography of Charles Sheffield
The Proteus Universe	Sight of Proteus (1978) Proteus Unbound (1989) Proteus In The Underworld (1995)
The Heritage Universe	Summertide (1990) Divergence (1991) Transcendence (1992) Convergence (1997) Resurgence (2002)
Other novels	The Web Between the Worlds (1979) My Brother's Keeper (1982, revised 1998) The Selkie (1982) (with David Bischoff) The McAndrew Chronicles (1983) Between the Strokes of Night (1985) The Nimrod Hunt (1986, revised 1993) Trader's World (1988) Brother to Dragons (1992) Cold as Ice (1992) Godspeed (1993) The Mind Pool (1993) The Judas Cross (1994) - With David Bischoff The Ganymede Club (1995) Higher Education (1995) The Billion Dollar Boy (1997) Putting Up Roots (1997) Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1997) Aftermath (1998) The Cyborg from Earth (1998) Starfire (1999) The Spheres of Heaven (2001) Dark as Day (2002) The Amazing Dr. Darwin (2002)
Short fiction	"A Braver Thing" (1990) "Georgia on My Mind" (1993) "The Diamond Drill" (2002)

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