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"A fast-paced adventure" on a barren, mysterious planet from the Hugo Award–winning, #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (UPI).
Chasing a new frontier, humankind sends a manned starship into the universe and away from the overpopulated Earth in hopes of finding a new planet to colonize. But every Earthlike world they discover is already inhabited. As it turns out, the universe is a very crowded place. An alien council offers to lease the one remaining uninhabited world: Astra, a bleak and barren but serviceable planet. The new settlement, though, quickly experiences serious problems, from dying crops to the mysterious disappearance of anything and everything that is made of metal. And then Astra reveals a secret neither the aliens nor the human governments could ever have imagined.
"Brisk and entertaining." — Publishers Weekly
"A fast-paced adventure" on a barren, mysterious planet from the Hugo Award–winning, #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (UPI).
Chasing a new frontier, humankind sends a manned starship into the universe and away from the overpopulated Earth in hopes of finding...
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17 reviews
Will
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January 8, 2025
A decent story but good lord the amount of spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors in this publication is the worst I've encountered. Please copy/paste this book into Word and see how much red pops up.
Richard Lloyd
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May 23, 2014
A masterly piece of science fiction. A clever , well balance story and highly enjoyable.
About the author
Timothy Zahn is a New York Times–bestselling science fiction author of more than forty novels, as well as many novellas and short stories. Best known for his contributions to the expanded Star Wars universe of books, including the Thrawn trilogy, Zahn won a 1984 Hugo Award for his novella "Cascade Point ."He also wrote the Cobra series, the Blackcollar series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series, whose first novel, Dragon and Thief, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Zahn currently resides in Oregon with his family.
Timothy Zahn is a New York Times–bestselling science fiction author of more than forty novels, as well as many novellas and short stories. Best known for his contributions to the expanded Star Wars universe of books, including the Thrawn trilogy, Zahn won a 1984 Hugo Award for his novella "Cascad...
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