The Dark Beyond the Stars A Novel |
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Author:
| Robinson, Frank M. |
ISBN: | 978-0-312-86624-2 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1997 |
Publisher: | Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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Imprint: | Orb Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $20.99 |
Book Description:
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For two thousand years, the starship Astron has search the galaxy for alien life--without success. Now, just as the ship is falling apart, the only direction left to explore is across the Dark, a one-hundred-generation journey through empty space. The ship's captain--immortal, obessed--refuses to abandon the quest. He will cross the Dark, or destroy the ship trying. Only Sparrow, a young crewman uncertain of his own past, can stand against the...
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For two thousand years, the starship Astron has search the galaxy for alien life--without success. Now, just as the ship is falling apart, the only direction left to explore is across the Dark, a one-hundred-generation journey through empty space.
The ship's captain--immortal, obessed--refuses to abandon the quest. He will cross the Dark, or destroy the ship trying.
Only Sparrow, a young crewman uncertain of his own past, can stand against the captain, and against the lure and challenge of the dark beyond the stars....