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Just before planet Moscow is vaporized by an unnatural star explosion, its ruling body launches a misguided counterattack against the innocent neighboring system of New Dresden. The strike can't be recalled without a code known only by a handful of government officials—and they're being assassinated one by one.
Now it falls to U.N. operative Rachel Mansour to protect the final codeholder and find out who's behind this galactic set up. But her best hope lies with Wednesday Shadowmist, a teenage girl who doesn't even know she holds the answers.
"Compelling space opera and cutting-edge tech with a tasty dash of satire ... Stross skillfully balances suspense and humor throughout ... Offering readers a fascinating future that seems more than possible."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781456110543
- File size: 445111 KB
- Duration: 15:27:18
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- English
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Starred review from June 28, 2004
Best known for his short fiction, Stross shows that he's a master of the novel form as well in this exciting sequel to 2003's acclaimed Singularity Sky
, serving up compelling space opera and cutting-edge tech with a tasty dash of satire. In the 24th century, a McWorld ("bland, comfortable, tolerant... boring") called New Moscow apparently has been destroyed by trade rival New Dresden—but not before New Moscow launched its own Slower-Than-Light (STL) counterstrike: a massive ship accelerated to 80% the speed of light. The U.N., now central Earth government, knows New Dresden was set up. They need the STL's recall code, now known only to a handful of New Moscow's ambassadors—but someone has been systematically assassinating them. U.N. special operative Rachel Mansour and her husband, engineer Martin Springfield, must protect the last living ambassador and find out who's really responsible for the whole mess. Stross skillfully balances suspense and humor throughout, offering readers—especially fans of Iain M. Banks and Ken MacLeod—a fascinating future that seems more than possible. Agent, Caitlin Blasdell at Lisa Dawson Associates.
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