NovaGiven that the suns of Draco stretch almost sixteen light years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor of the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it. The potential for profit is so great that Lorq has little difficulty cobbling together an alluring crew that includes a gypsy musician and a moon-obsessed scholar interested in the ancient art of writing a novel. What the crew doesn’t know, though, is that Lorq’s quest is actually fueled by a private revenge so consuming that he’ll stop at nothing to achieve it. In the grandest manner of speculative fiction, Nova is a wise and witty classic that casts a fascinating new light on some of humanity’s oldest truths and enduring myths. |
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... crew for the race . " " You just pick your crew from people hanging around the space- field ? " Mother shook her head . " That always worries me . ' دو " Mom , people who like racing , kids who are interested in racing ships , people ...
... crew for the race . " " You just pick your crew from people hanging around the space- field ? " Mother shook her head . " That always worries me . ' دو " Mom , people who like racing , kids who are interested in racing ships , people ...
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... crew , I won't even get back to school next week . " He disappeared down the other side of the bridge . His is crew was two fellows who volunteered to help him unpack the ion - coupler . Neither one was from the Pleiades Federa- tion ...
... crew , I won't even get back to school next week . " He disappeared down the other side of the bridge . His is crew was two fellows who volunteered to help him unpack the ion - coupler . Neither one was from the Pleiades Federa- tion ...
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... crew with instruc- tions to tell as many people as they could all they knew . I let that madman stagger around the port babbling till Hell3 swallowed him . I waited . And I waited till what I was waiting for came . Then I picked you up ...
... crew with instruc- tions to tell as many people as they could all they knew . I let that madman stagger around the port babbling till Hell3 swallowed him . I waited . And I waited till what I was waiting for came . Then I picked you up ...
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