NovaA quest for a priceless element—and revenge—fuels this far-future interstellar adventure that “reads like Moby-Dick at a strobe-light show” (Time). In 3172, the universe is divided between three political units: the stars and worlds of Draco, with Earth as its power center; the Pleiades Federation, on whose capital world, New Ark, lives the incredibly wealthy Von Ray family, descended from well-heeled merchants whose ancestors made their fortune as pirates; and the Outer Colonies, where, in their underwater mines, tiny quantities of the fabulously valuable Illyrion have been discovered. Lorq Von Ray was a playboy and young space-yacht-racing captain who, at a party at Earth’s Paris, clashed with Draco’s Prince Red. This sets Lorq on a demonic quest, through which he hopes to find vengeance. When a star goes nova and implodes, in the seething stellar wreckage for a few days—even hours—lie tons of Illyrion, the element that makes interstellar travel possible. To help him secure the priceless fuel, Lorq recruits a gypsy musician, a would-be novelist, and some other ragtag misfits. But an even more dangerous fuel than Illyrion is revenge . . . This ebook features an illustrated biography of Samuel R. Delany including rare images from his early career. |
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... stopped running his finger around the rim of his glass . Wanting to say " no " he began a " yes . " Then he frowned . The mechanics frowned too . He was an old man . He was a strong man . As the Mouse pulled his hand to the edge of the ...
... stopped running his finger around the rim of his glass . Wanting to say " no " he began a " yes . " Then he frowned . The mechanics frowned too . He was an old man . He was a strong man . As the Mouse pulled his hand to the edge of the ...
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... stopped , panting , looked up . No vaults . Light rain drifted between the buildings . He held the sack tighter , smeared his damp face with the back of his hand , and started up the curving street . Rotten , ribbed , and black , the ...
... stopped , panting , looked up . No vaults . Light rain drifted between the buildings . He held the sack tighter , smeared his damp face with the back of his hand , and started up the curving street . Rotten , ribbed , and black , the ...
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... stopped , balancing on his toes , his throat working . " How ... ? " Leo looked up . “ Rusty , I am ! I once pretty good was . But it a long time is . Long time . Once , once , this thing I truly could play . " I mean you said you I ...
... stopped , balancing on his toes , his throat working . " How ... ? " Leo looked up . “ Rusty , I am ! I once pretty good was . But it a long time is . Long time . Once , once , this thing I truly could play . " I mean you said you I ...
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... stopped and looked back . The gold disk on the left shoulder of the captain's vest had been bossed with the name Lorq Von Ray . The Mouse's hand moved on the sack under his arm . He flung back black hair that had fallen down his ...
... stopped and looked back . The gold disk on the left shoulder of the captain's vest had been bossed with the name Lorq Von Ray . The Mouse's hand moved on the sack under his arm . He flung back black hair that had fallen down his ...
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... stopped. Someone was sitting on the railing playing a sensory-syrynx. Several people had stopped to watch. Colors sluiced the air with fugal patterns as a shape subsumed the breeze and fell, to form further on, a brighter emerald, a ...
... stopped. Someone was sitting on the railing playing a sensory-syrynx. Several people had stopped to watch. Colors sluiced the air with fugal patterns as a shape subsumed the breeze and fell, to form further on, a brighter emerald, a ...
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