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Zusatztext Praise for Quietus “In this ambitious and intelligent novel! Palmgren takes the staples of science fiction – post-apocalypse! first contact! interventionism – and integrates them seamlessly! breathing new life into familiar forms. A truly outstanding debut.” – NYT bestselling author Una McCormack “A cast of well-drawn characters and a narrative that is initially tightly focused but rapidly expands to encompass the stars draw the reader into this ambitious tale of intrigue! conspiracy and adventure.  Quietus  has the trappings of space opera but plays around with so much more; it’s an impressive debut that marks the author as one to watch.” – Ian Whates ! author of  Pelquin’s Comet “Palmgren’s debut immerses the reader in the rat-infested! plague-ravaged streets of 14th-century Europe then flips the narrative to a dizzying scale as the characters uncover layer upon layer of deception! examining what it is to be human along the way. A fine piece of SF and WTF.” – Susan Murray ! author of  The Waterborne Blade “This was something rather interesting. I really enjoy the chances it takes.” 5/5* – Bradley Horner’s Book Reviews Informationen zum Autor TRISTAN PALMGREN has been a clerk, a factory technician, a university lecturer, a cashier, a secretary, a retail manager, a rural coroner's assistant. In his lives on parallel Earths, he has been an ant farm tycoon, funeral home enthusiast, professional con-artist impersonator, laser pointer chaser, and that guy who somehow landed a trademark for the word "Avuncular." Jealous. He lives with his wife, Teresa, in Columbia, Missouri. Klappentext Operatives from an alien culture struggle to survive in medieval Italy! in the SF sequel to the astonishing Quietus. The transdimensional empire! the Unity! has dissolved! its ruling powers forced into exile - but empires don't die easily. The living planarship Ways and Means has come to medieval Earth and ended the Black Death! but it keeps its intentions to itself. Someone is trying to kill its agent Osia! who is suffering through her own exile. Spy-turned-anthropologist Meloku becomes a target! too! when she catches Ways and Means concealing the extent of its meddling. While they fight to survive! Fiametta - an Italian soldier! mercenary! and heretical preacher - raises an army and a religious revolt! aiming to split Europe in half. File Under: Science Fiction [ Last Throe 1   There was no such thing as a restful day at sea. Not on this boat. Not for her. But some days were worse than others. She had known this one was coming. She’d filled the day with distractions. Her crew bickered just above the range of her hearing. Metal clanked against metal, thunked on wood as they wound the capstan. The sails scraped and ruffled, rhythmic as breath. The banks of oars trailed silently along the water, the wake of their passage the only evidence that the boat was moving. She took no part in that work. Not today. Her crew bustled about it. They were willful. They had their own opinions about what was suited for their talents and when she’d get in the way. She'd made them that way. They’d all woke with the teal-gray predawn, slender lanterns dancing across the deck. She sat at the edge of the deck, by the railing, her legs folded. She had been released from active service on her other ship, her real one. She was to survey and scour these oceans, learning everything there was to learn. One of her crew dropped a survey probe. After a muted splash, there was a steady, whip-fast uncoiling of rope. There was still little enough light in the sky. But more than there should have been. A finch-tail comet brushstroked the southern horizon, shading the sky crimson. It moved like no comet should have. It traveled perpendicular to the...

Product details

• Authors: Tristan Palmgren
• Publisher: Watkins Media PRH US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780857667588
• ISBN: 978-0-85766-758-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 31 mm
• Series: The Unity; Unity
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature