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Revenger
Alastair Reynolds
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Description for Revenger
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Gollancz
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575090552
SKU
9780575090552
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Alastair Reynolds
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Revenger
A delightful romp through the spaceways.
INTERZONE
An excellent, gripping piece of work
SFANDFREVIEWS
Reynolds makes the human story compelling in a narrative that, spiced with bizarre characters aplenty and propelled by vengeance, smacks intriguingly of everything from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island to Mad Max.
NATURE
Basically, it's TREASURE ISLAND meets MOBY DICK, ... Read more
INTERZONE
An excellent, gripping piece of work
SFANDFREVIEWS
Reynolds makes the human story compelling in a narrative that, spiced with bizarre characters aplenty and propelled by vengeance, smacks intriguingly of everything from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island to Mad Max.
NATURE
Basically, it's TREASURE ISLAND meets MOBY DICK, ... Read more