Quarantäne

Synopsis of Quarantäne

«Quarantäne» is the science fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson, published by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag in paperback (477 pages, in German).

In the American desert, a secret facility uses a space-time portal to observe a distant planet inhabited by strange creatures. Direct contact is not possible, but scientists discover that observation can have consequences: what if those beings feel disturbed by us?

First German edition (Deutsche Erstausgabe) published in 2007, translated by Karsten Singgelmann. The original work, «Blind Lake» (2003), was nominated for the Hugo and Locus awards.

For science fiction readers interested in contact with alien intelligences and a plot with thriller tension.