Revenger 9780575090552 Paperback

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The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives.And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them . . .Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It’s their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds which have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded with layers of protection – and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely-remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous.Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore’s crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular.Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future – a tale of space pirates, buried treasure and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism . . . and of vengeance . . .Praise for Alastair Reynolds:’An adroit and fast-paced blend of space opera and police procedural, original and exciting’ George R. R. Martin onAurora Rising’The span here is mind-boggling, cosmos-spanning concepts, a breath-taking journey’Good Book GuideonChasm City'[A] wonderfully entertaining puzzle wrapped inside an adventure story’The GuardianonEversion’A fabulous and satisfying novel’SF CrowsnestonRevenger’An excellent adventure that’s sure to keep readers on their toes’Publishers WeeklyonRevenger’A fun, character focused bottle mystery that shifts settings like a chameleon walking across a rainbow carpet’The Quill to LiveonEversion’Entertaining and thought-provoking’LocusonRevelation Space’Pirates in space, full of peril and high-jinks . . . This is a novel that’s elegantly plotted, full of surprises and, as first time round, rip-roaring fun’SFXonRevenger’Reynolds is one of the modern masters of science fiction’Starburst’This is a story to break hearts and make you turn pages. It’s great stuff; pick it up, you’ll want to know what happens next’SF&F ReviewsonCentury Rain’Much of the fun of these books comes from the construction of a far, far-future space-opera . . . the mapping of Age of Sail tropes onto space travel is just the start . . . Nevertheless, at the centre of this baroque masquerade party resides a sober consideration of what it might mean to go off adventuring, what it might cost’LocusonRevenger’Reynolds is a master singer of the Space Opera’The Times