The Reality Dysfunction: Emergence — Peter F. Hamilton

A spectacular, vast galactic saga, THE REALITY DYSFUNCTION has won international acclaim, joining the sweeping epic tradition of the Foundation series, Dune, and Hyperion. This is a stunning universe of Edenists, telepathically gene-linked to their sentient ships and living worlds; of nano-augmented star pilots and warriors... and of terrifying ancient alien mysteries beyond human comprehension.

CURSE OF THE BLESSED

Joshua Calvert, owner of the Lady Macbeth, is cursed by his good luck; lone Saldana, Lord of Ruin, is cursed by her royal birth; colonists trapped on the stinking jungle world Lalonde are cursed by their faith; entire planets are simply cursed...

And a data chip from a long-extinct alien race, the Laymil, holds the only clue to what the phenomenon is--a force unknown to science, an invasion unknown to history. The Laymil called it "the Reality Dysfunction."

But they might have called it Hell...