Planetfall Twenty-Seven |
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| Author:
| Cline, James |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4904-0889-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.50 |
Book Description:
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An early generation starship enters geostationary planetary orbit around a desolate but potentially habitable planet, and begins offloading its colonists bred for this colony. The colonists set loose nanomachines to crumble the basalt covering the planet, then discover a volcano-looking structure that looks too symmetrical to be natural. When the advancing nanomachines reach this pseudovolcano, it collapses; the colonists realize there is an alien species on the planet and first...
More DescriptionAn early generation starship enters geostationary planetary orbit around a desolate but potentially habitable planet, and begins offloading its colonists bred for this colony. The colonists set loose nanomachines to crumble the basalt covering the planet, then discover a volcano-looking structure that looks too symmetrical to be natural. When the advancing nanomachines reach this pseudovolcano, it collapses; the colonists realize there is an alien species on the planet and first contact has not gone well.