The Lacemaker: and other collected stories from the Spectral Worlds - Couverture souple

Smith, Daniel Arthur

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1959572016 ISBN 13 : 9781959572015

Editeur : Holt Smith Limited, 2026

Synopsis

From bestselling author Daniel Arthur Smith comes a collection of ten stories with a noir/tech edge, ranging from the heart-felt to adrenaline-fueled.

~*~ The Lacemaker – Journey to the Lion Meadow to meet the gifted technician and her posthuman colleague responsible for implanting Neural Lace

~*~ Room C – Self calibration only goes so far, sometimes your Neural Lace needs a tune up

~*~ The Courier – An undeterred messenger averts assassins to make his way through a casino to deliver a package from across the Spectral Worlds

~*~ Veloxity – A Veloxity Racer makes an unwilling sacrifice to gain an advantage on the New Macau Colossus Veloxity Raceway

~*~ Love Day – Jaques and Gillian celebrate a holiday on the remote New Cannes colony years before their birth bodies arrive, but something is about to spoil the day

~*~ The Christmas Gift – Three hundred years have passed since our last visit to New Cannes as the colony prepares to celebrate another holiday, and to partake in a chance to remedy the catastrophe brought on centuries prior

~*~ The Invader – On a remote colony a child questions her sanity

~*~ Hide and Seek – Old friends reunite on a Neo-Victorian colony at the edge of the Eye of God Nebula

~*~ A Quick In-and-Out – A syndicate operative awakes on the remote fringe of the Spectral Worlds with one job to do, infiltrate The Pipe, a mining megastructure that has remained on lock down for three generations

~*~ The Accidental Incident at Varronia Four – A battle ensues as Syn Soldiers on patrol discover Varronia Four is not the abandoned rock it was supposed to be

Simultaneously intelligent and intricately layered with remarkable research and detail, The Lacemaker and other collected stories from the Spectral Worlds is a futuristic masterpiece.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Holt Smith Limited
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1959572016
• ISBN 13: 9781959572015
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 210
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