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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... sack to his belly , jumped over a carton of meerschaum pipes that had bro- ken open , spilling across the dusty stone , passed under another arch , and for twenty meters darted through the crowds roaming the Golden Alley , where velvet ...
... sack to his belly , jumped over a carton of meerschaum pipes that had bro- ken open , spilling across the dusty stone , passed under another arch , and for twenty meters darted through the crowds roaming the Golden Alley , where velvet ...
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... sack in lap . His hand molded shapes in the leather . He stared at the circling lights . Katin strolled up the hall , hands behind his back . “ What the hell's wrong with you ? " he inquired amicably . The Mouse looked up , and let his ...
... sack in lap . His hand molded shapes in the leather . He stared at the circling lights . Katin strolled up the hall , hands behind his back . “ What the hell's wrong with you ? " he inquired amicably . The Mouse looked up , and let his ...
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... sack jogged on his hip . " Katin told me you were going to go to the Pleiades after we leave here . I just ran into a guy I used to know back on Earth , an old friend . Taught me how to play my syrynx . " He shook his sack . “ I thought ...
... sack jogged on his hip . " Katin told me you were going to go to the Pleiades after we leave here . I just ran into a guy I used to know back on Earth , an old friend . Taught me how to play my syrynx . " He shook his sack . “ I thought ...
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