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The Burning Dark

Spider War (Volume 1)

Author: Adam Christopher

The Burning Dark

The Burning Dark

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About This Book

From Adam Christopher, winner of the Sir Julius Vogel award, comes a thrilling far-future science fiction tale set aboard a decommissioned space station
Page Count
336
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On Sale
03/25/2014

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Adam Christopher's dazzling first novel, Empire State, was named the Best Book of 2012 by SciFi Now magazine. Here he explores new dimensions of time and space in The Burning Dark.

Back in the day, Captain Abraham Idaho Cleveland had led the Fleet into battle against an implacable machine intelligence capable of devouring entire worlds. After saving a planet, and getting a bum robot knee in the process, he finds himself relegated to one of the most remote backwaters in Fleetspace, overseeing the decommissioning of a semi-deserted space station.

The station's reclusive commandant is nowhere to be seen. Persistent malfunctions plague the station's systems while interference from a toxic purple star makes even ordinary communications problematic. Alien shadows and whispers seem to haunt the lonely corridors and airlocks, fraying the nerves of everyone aboard.

Isolated and friendless, Cleveland reaches out to the universe via an old-fashioned space radio, only to tune in to a strange, enigmatic signal: a woman's voice that echoes across a thousand light-years of space. But is the transmission just a random bit of static from the past—or a warning of an undying menace beyond mortal comprehension?

"Builds tension expertly. Claustrophobic in mood but with the scope of great space opera, this is SF you will want to read with the light on."—Library Journal, starred review, on The Burning Dark

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Imprint Publisher

Tor Books

ISBN

9781466820869

In The News

“Builds tension expertly. Claustrophobic in mood but with the scope of great space opera, this is SF you will want to read with the light on.” —Library Journal, starred review, on The Burning Dark

“An exciting new novel from an exciting new voice in SF.” —Booklist on The Burning Dark

“Christopher has produced a widescreen Hollywood spectacular in novel form. Not to be missed.” —James Lovegrove, New York Times bestselling author

“Christopher puts SF in a metaphysical choke-hold--The Burning Dark makes reality tap out.” —Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author

“Smart, intricate, and viscerally gripping… Christopher carves a place for himself among the stars of his genre.” —V.E. Schwab, author of Vicious

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The Burning Dark

The Burning Dark

$12.99