House of suns
Alastair Reynolds (Author)
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones, which she called shatterlings. She sent them out into the galaxy to observe and document the rise and fall of countless human empires. Now someone is eliminating them.--From publisher description
Print Book, English, 2009
Ace Books, New York, 2009