Empress of the Sun - Rilegato

McDonald, Ian

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ISBN 10: 1616148659 ISBN 13: 9781616148652

Casa editrice: Pyr Books, 2014

Riassunto

World-hopping, high-action adventure starring a smart boy with computer skills and a tough girl who pilots a blimp

The airship Everness makes a Heisenberg Jump to an alternate Earth unlike any her crew has ever seen. Everett, Sen, and the crew find themselves above a plain that goes on forever in every direction without any horizon. There they find an Alderson Disc, an astronomical megastructure of incredibly strong material reaching from the orbit of Mercury to the orbit of Jupiter.

Then they meet the Jiju, the dominant species on a plane where the dinosaurs didn't die out. They evolved, diversified, and have a twenty-five million year technology head-start on humanity. War between their kingdoms is inevitable, total and terrible.

Everness has jumped right into the midst of a faction fight between rival nations, the Fabreen and Dityu empires. The airship is attacked, but then defended by the forces of the Fabreen, who offers theEverness crew protection. But what is the true motive behind Empress Aswiu's aid? What is her price?

The crew of the Everness is divided in a very alien world, a world fast approaching the point of apocalypse.

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Recensione:

“The marvelous Everness series takes readers to a world with highly evolved dinosaurs in this third voyage through parallel universes....  McDonald lets his imagination run rampant without abandoning credibility.... Endlessly fascinating and fun."        
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Starred reviews for Planesrunner:

"Science fiction rules in this stellar series opener about a boy who travels to parallel universes. What joy to find science fiction based on real scientific concepts.... Shining imagination, pulsing suspense, and sparkling writing make this one stand out." 
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"McDonald writes with scientific and literary sophistication, as well as a wicked sense of humor. Add nonstop action, eccentric characters, and expert universe building, and this first volume of the Everness series is a winner."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review 

Starred review for Be My Enemy:

“Smart, clever and abundantly original, with suspense that grabs your eyeballs, this is real science fiction for all ages...More! More!”
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
 

L'autore:

Ian McDonald is the author of Planesrunner and Be My Enemy, the first two books of the Everness series. He has written thirteen science fiction novels--including the 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for Best Novel,The Dervish House--and has lost count of the number of stories. He's been nominated for every major science fiction award, and even won some. McDonald also works in television and in program development--all those reality shows have to come from somewhere--and has written for screen as well as print. He lives in Northern Ireland, just outside Belfast, and loves to travel.

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• Editore: Pyr Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1616148659
• ISBN 13: 9781616148652
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288