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Ten Thousand Miles Up
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Published: March 29, 2012
Words: 10,108 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476172613
Short description
Captain Ateri has never known life outside his starship, but when a fleet of pirates offer him an opportunity to steal from his slave-masters, can he maintain the facade long enough to attain what he desires most?Extended description
In the deep reaches of space, the starship White Flower II arrives at the dead planet C18-3 in hopes of finding it fit for terraforming. Events turn quickly when Captain Ateri learns pirates had been trailing him for years, but they need him to pull off the greatest heist of all time: stealing a terraformer right out from under the noses of its sole possessors and Ateri's masters, the krakun. However, the company has replaced Ateri's old commissioner with a new one that same day, along with orders that their classified technology is to be scuttled at the first threat of theft. Can Ateri attain what he most desires when his life and the safety of his crew are on the line?Tags
romance, suspense, space opera, science fiction, pirate, space, alien, space travel, deceit, slave, anthropomorphic, rebellion, starship, heist, high tech, treason, space pirate, terraforming, deceit and manipulation, wormholes, alien races, future techAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Valerio Pastore
on April 20, 2012 :
(no rating)
After his first novel, ARGO, Rick Griffin once again will enchant his fans with this tale of pirates, rebels, and an original concept of tyrants.
Again Rick proves his strength with the technicalties and the descriptions. You have the impression you are there, in the middle of the action.
His weakness, in this specific context, is the short space the novel offers. Not enough time to sympathize with the characters, to fully understand them and appreciate the reasons that motivate them. Given a longer piece, we could even appreciate the tyrants, they *do* make an interesting species...
But it's a minor flaw. This book is thoroughly enjoyable!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)