Revenger - Alastair Reynolds (Hardcover)
Description
A superb SF adventure set in the rubble of a ruined universe, this is a deep space heist story of kidnap, betrayal, alien artefacts and revenge.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9780575090538
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 1 Sep 2016
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Author
- Alastair Reynolds
- Binding
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Series
- Revenger
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 496
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 x 153mm (700g)
Summary
The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have
shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien
civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still
thrives.
And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them . . .
Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded with layers of protection - and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely-remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous.
Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular.
Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism . . . and of vengeance . . .
And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them . . .
Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded with layers of protection - and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely-remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous.
Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular.
Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism . . . and of vengeance . . .
Fiction
- General Subject
- Science Fiction
- BISAC Subject 1
- Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure
- BISAC Subject 2
- Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera
- BISAC Subject 3
- Fiction / Science Fiction / General
- BIC Classification 1
- Science fiction
- Dewey Classification
- 823.92
- Readership
- General (US: Trade)
Author Bio
Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He
studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in
astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European
Space Agency to become a full-time writer. REVELATION SPACE and
PUSHING ICE were shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD;
REVELATION SPACE, ABSOLUTION GAP, DIAMOND DOGS and CENTURY RAIN
were shortlisted for the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD and CHASM
CITY won the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD.
You can learn more by visiting www.alastairreynolds.com, or by following @AquilaRift on twitter.
You can learn more by visiting www.alastairreynolds.com, or by following @AquilaRift on twitter.