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Transcendence (Sheffield novel)

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

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 the 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 travelbook by Captain Alonzo Wilberforce Sloane (retired).

The sequel to this novel is Convergence.