- Fiction, Science fiction, Space ships, Murder
The crew of the starship *Nightflyer* is heading into the outer reaches of known space in search of a legendary alien race known as the *volcryn*. The mission is led by Karoly d'Branin and the ship captained by the mysterious Royd Eris, who appears only as a hologram who drifts among them, sometimes playing chess with the beautiful and brilliant warrior, Melantha Jhirl.
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Grave, intimate, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- George R. R. Martin
- First published
- December 1985
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- ActuSF, Bantam Books, HarperVoyager
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9782376863120
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George Raymond Richard Martin (born September 20, 1948), sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for his ongoing *A Song of Ice and Fire* series of epic fantasy novels. Critics have described Martin's work as dark and cynical. His first novel, Dying of the Light, set the tone for most of his future work; it is set on a mostly abandoned planet that is slowly becoming uninhabitable as it moves away from its sun. This story, and many of Martin's others, have a strong sense of melancholy. His characters are often unhappy, or at least unsatisfied - trying to stay idealistic in a ruthless world. Many have eleme
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