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When Jos' parents are killed in an attack on their trading ship, the boy is kidnapped by the attackers and then escapes - only to fall into the alien hands of humanity's greatest enemies. He is soon coerced into becoming a spy against the human race.
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Classical in form, grave, contemporary and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Karin Lowachee
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 451
- Publisher
- Aspect, Tandem Library, Warner Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780759566866
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