DEATH OF A STARSHIP
by Jay Lake |
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Paperback: 128 pages;
Dimensions: 5 x 8
Release Date: December 2009
ISBN:
1-932265-29-5
ISBN:
978-1-932265-29-3
List Price: $9.95
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The Xenic Bureau of
the Grand Ekumenical Security Directorate investigates rumors of
aliens, strange disappearances and anomalous events in the
star-spanning empire of this far future tale. Bureau operative
Father Jonah Menard is charged with find the truth about the
supposed reappearance of the long-lost battleship Enver Hoxha.
An alien-killer, Golliwog, is set on Menard's trail in case the
rumors are real, while cashiered starship engineer Micah Albrecht
holds far more of the truth than even he realizes. This classically
styled science fiction adventure leads all three of them on a chase
across the empire and into the dangerous heart of old military
secrets far better left untouched. They encounter technological
wonders, mysterious maybe-aliens, and some good old fashioned
political backstabbing along the way to a pyrotechnic ending.
Jay Lake is the
author of Green, Mainspring and Escapement from
Tor Books, as well a multiple nominee for the Hugo and World Fantasy
Awards, and winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best
New Writer.
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