Up Jim River |
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| Author:
| Flynn, Michael |
| Series title: | Spiral Arm Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4299-3783-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Publisher: | Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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| Imprint: | Tor Books |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award-winning SF writer Michael Flynn returns to space opera with Up Jim River. There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small world appertaining to Die Bold. it is a longish river as such things go, with a multitude of bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose everything. Going up it, you can find anything. The Hound Bridget ban has vanished And The Kennel (the...
More DescriptionHugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award-winning SF writer Michael Flynn returns to space opera with Up Jim River. There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small world appertaining to Die Bold. it is a longish river as such things go, with a multitude of bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose everything. Going up it, you can find anything. The Hound Bridget ban has vanished And The Kennel (the mysterious superspy agency of the League) has given up the search. But her daughter, The harper Mearana, has not given up. She has enlisted the scarred man, Donovan, To aid her in her search. With the reluctant assent and financial aid of the Kennel, they set forth. Bridget ban was following hints of an artifact that would "protect the League from the Confederacy for aye." Mearana is eager to follow that trail, but Donovan is reluctant, because whatever is at the end of it was enough to make a Hound disappear. What it would do to a harper and a drunk is far too easy to imagine. And Donovan's mind had been shattered by Those of Name, The rulers of the Confederacy, and no fewer than seven quarreling personalities now inhabit his skull. How can he hope to see her through safely? Together, they follow Bridget ban's trail To The raw worlds of the frontier, edging ever closer To The decivilized and barbarian planets of the Wild. Along the way, they encounter Terrans, old companions, discover hints of Bridget ban's purpose, and evidence that they too are being followed -- by a deadly agent of Those of Name.