Transcendence (Sheffield novel)

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

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.^[1]

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

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.