Time Engine - Brossura

Mcmullen, Sean

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0765330636 ISBN 13: 9780765330635

Casa editrice: Tor Trade, 2012

Riassunto

Wayfarer Inspector Danolarian saw his world's future and did not approve. After that incident, and having once met his future self, the inspector considered himself as knowledgeable as he ever wanted to be on the subject of time travel. What he did not know was that he would be abducted into the future and wind up on the run with a constable who had shape-shifted into a cat. He would also find himself marooned in the ancient past, where he would have to recover his time engine - the device that is his only way to get back home - from five thousand naked, psychopathic horsemen. And when the time engine is finally recovered, a faulty repair plunges him another three million years back in time, to a world of strange, beautiful people living idyllic lives in splendid castles. But things are not always as they seem. After being attacked, he learns from his unlikely rescuer that his travels might not have simply been a series of misadventures through time and space. A furious Danolarian returns to his own time, planning revenge against the time engine's true builders...

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sean McMullen a leading Australian science fiction author, having won more than a dozen national awards in his homeland. He established himself in the American market with the publication of the Greatwinter trilogy (comprised of Souls in the Great Machine, The Miocene Arrow, and Eyes of the Calculor). In addition, he has sold many short stories to magazines such as Analog, Interzone, and Fantasy & Science Fiction, and was co-author of Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction. The settings for Sean's work range from the Roman Empire, through Medieval Europe, to cities of the distant future.

He has bachelor's and master's degrees from Melbourne University, and post-graduate diplomas in computer science, information science and business management, and a PhD in Medieval Literature. Sean has a black belt in karate, and before he began writing, he spent several years in student reviews and theatre, and was lead singer in three rock and folk bands. After singing in several early music groups and choirs, he spent two years in the Victorian State Opera before he began writing.

Sean lives in Melbourne with his wife Trish and daughter Catherine.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Tor Trade
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0765330636
• ISBN 13: 9780765330635
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304
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