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Stealing Light

By Gary Gibson

Book information

Publisher
Tor
Year
2008
ISBN
0330445960, 9780330445962
Google Books ID
FWNXv0mNRbYC
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
620 kB (635235 bytes)
Series
Shoal Sequence 1
Pages
\0
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

In the 25th century, only the Shoal possess the secret of faster-than-light travel (FTL), giving them absolute control over all trade and exploration throughout the galaxy. Mankind has operated within their influence for two centuries, establishing a dozen human colony worlds scattered along Shoal trade routes. Dakota Merrick, while serving as a military pilot, has witnessed atrocities for which this alien race is responsible. Now piloting a civilian cargo ship, she is currently ferrying an exploration team to a star system containing a derelict starship. From its wreckage, her passengers hope to salvage a functioning FTL drive of mysteriously non-Shoal origin. But the Shoal are not yet ready to relinquish their monopoly over a technology they acquired through ancient genocide.

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