The Shadow of Two Suns - Couverture rigide

Heasley, Peter A

Couverture rigide

ISBN 13 : 9798986757490

Editeur : Peter A. Heasley, 2024

Synopsis

Shelton Keyes would not be on death row if the one good moment in his life had not been used to make him into a dupe for drug runners. An hour from his execution, officials from the International Office of Special Science offer him a chance to take part in an experimental, off-world prison where, whether he lives or dies, he is free. One question convinces Shelton to go: If he knew his life was over after pulling the trigger, why didn't he make the police officer's partner kill him?

At the IOSS staging facility in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Shelton learns quickly that he and his sixty-three fellow inmates will be sent off-world dead or alive. Terrified of the other prisoners, he joins the last module being sent into a portal at the bottom of the sea, which recent cosmic events have uncovered. Their launch fails-or it seems.

Stranded on a moon devoid of life, Shelton and his crew must cultivate the rocky ground before their rations run out. The planet they orbit has other ideas, and the men learn the violence they inflict on each other shortens the days they have left. Only a series of stunning sacrifices will save the new world for the rest of humanity, who are seeking escape from a dying Earth-and make Shelton see for what he wants to live.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter A. Heasley is a priest and professor of scripture. His short fiction has appeared in Dappled Things and the Saturday Evening Post. His novels are praised as "measured and painterly...[He] manages to carve out new territory for himself, constructing a story that feels very much its own" (Kirkus Reviews for Under a Darkening Moon).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter A. Heasley
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798986757490
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible