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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... light from the machine flowed on the backs of his hands . And his fingers fell . Images vaulted from under his palms . Some dozen people had gathered . They blinked ; they turned their heads . Light from the illusion shook on the roofs ...
... light from the machine flowed on the backs of his hands . And his fingers fell . Images vaulted from under his palms . Some dozen people had gathered . They blinked ; they turned their heads . Light from the illusion shook on the roofs ...
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... light - years across and eighty - five long . Some three hundred suns are packed into this space , many of them less than a light - year apart . The suns of Draco are scattered over one whole arm of the galaxy , almost sixteen thousand ...
... light - years across and eighty - five long . Some three hundred suns are packed into this space , many of them less than a light - year apart . The suns of Draco are scattered over one whole arm of the galaxy , almost sixteen thousand ...
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... light source . The multilensed lamp projected on each suspended frame the closest approximation ( as agreed on by the Alkane's many scholars ) to the light under which each picture had originally been painted : artificial or natural ...
... light source . The multilensed lamp projected on each suspended frame the closest approximation ( as agreed on by the Alkane's many scholars ) to the light under which each picture had originally been painted : artificial or natural ...
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