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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Page 33
... opened , like petals on a calloused lily . " The worlds in the Outer Colonies ? ” Idas said . “ Balthus — with ice and mud - pits and Illyrion . Cassandra — with glass deserts big as the oceans of Earth , and jungles of uncountable ...
... opened , like petals on a calloused lily . " The worlds in the Outer Colonies ? ” Idas said . “ Balthus — with ice and mud - pits and Illyrion . Cassandra — with glass deserts big as the oceans of Earth , and jungles of uncountable ...
Page 144
... opened his lips . Then he closed his lips and opened his teeth . You can't speak that way either . So he tried to let it out with a tentative question mark ; it rasped in uncontrolled exclamation : " Leo ! " The squinting features broke ...
... opened his lips . Then he closed his lips and opened his teeth . You can't speak that way either . So he tried to let it out with a tentative question mark ; it rasped in uncontrolled exclamation : " Leo ! " The squinting features broke ...
Page 209
... opened and closed like that of a fish . His blind eyes blinked and wrinkled and opened again . Lorq swung his foot back , smashed at the gasping face . . . . And it was spent . Lorq sucked hot gas . His eyes raged with heat pleiades ...
... opened and closed like that of a fish . His blind eyes blinked and wrinkled and opened again . Lorq swung his foot back , smashed at the gasping face . . . . And it was spent . Lorq sucked hot gas . His eyes raged with heat pleiades ...
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