- Science fiction
From first page Bantam paperback July 1992: Angus Thermopyle was an ore pirate and a murderer; even the most disreputable asteroid pilots of Delta Sector stayed out of his way. Those who didn't ended up in the lockup -- or dead. But when Thermopyle arrived at Mallorys Bar & Sleep with a gorgeous woman by his side the regulars had to take notice. Her name was Morn Hyland, and she had been a police officer -- until she met up with Thermopyle. But one person in Mallorys Bar wasn't intimidated. Nick Succorso had his own reputation as a bold pirate and he had a sleek frigate fitted for deep space. Everyone knew that Thermopyle and Succorso were on a collision course. What nobody expected was how quickly it would all be over -- or how devastating the victory would be. It was a common enough example of rivalry and revenge -- or so everyone thought. The *real* story was something entirely different....
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Grave, contemporary, classical in form and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Stephen R. Donaldson
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Spectra, Bantam Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553073454
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