Published: Sep. 30, 2011
Words: 68,385 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465787644

Short description

As part of a treaty with a primitive race, Terran space explorers agree to dispose of an abandoned stellar craft. Trapped inside the ship, the Terrans find numerous alien corpses, and one ghost.

Extended description

In the 23rd century, Earth has achieved interstellar travel. The greatest find is a planet with deposits of ether ore: a mineral required for journeying across the ether lanes. Since the ore is protected by an indigenous race, Terrans must barter for the material as supervised by Earth Nations United.

Parno Hadjara is the chief anthropologist of the staff that journeys to Kapnos 3. Kathlynn Shumard is the ENU supervisor. Soon after landing, Parno and Kathlynn approach the indigenes. Though the two are adversaries, they are drawn to one another.

The indigenes soon begin a mass ritual filled with sex, violence, and voodoo. The rite reveals the location of an abandoned space vessel surpassing Earth technology. The indigenes offer the Terrans a bargain: Remove this vessel from our land, and the ether ore is yours.

The entry to the ship will open briefly. Parno rushes to the site and enters, followed by Kathlynn, and the entry closes. The Terrans are trapped in a huge ship whose crew w.. (Read more) In the 23rd century, Earth has achieved interstellar travel. The greatest find is a planet with deposits of ether ore: a mineral required for journeying across the ether lanes. Since the ore is protected by an indigenous race, Terrans must barter for the material as supervised by Earth Nations United.

Parno Hadjara is the chief anthropologist of the staff that journeys to Kapnos 3. Kathlynn Shumard is the ENU supervisor. Soon after landing, Parno and Kathlynn approach the indigenes. Though the two are adversaries, they are drawn to one another.

The indigenes soon begin a mass ritual filled with sex, violence, and voodoo. The rite reveals the location of an abandoned space vessel surpassing Earth technology. The indigenes offer the Terrans a bargain: Remove this vessel from our land, and the ether ore is yours.

The entry to the ship will open briefly. Parno rushes to the site and enters, followed by Kathlynn, and the entry closes. The Terrans are trapped in a huge ship whose crew was murdered. The one alien remaining is a ghost who can only achieve peace by killing Parno and Kathlynn.

In order to escape, the Terrans must learn the workings of the ship. The ghost tries to kill them via spontaneous combustion, offworld narcotics, drowning in alien viscera, high-tech disintegration, and common beatings. Though severely injured, Parno and Kathlynn are healed by the ship.

When the entire ship begins disintegrating, Parno and Kathlynn are forced to face the ghost. If they succeed, the ether ore is theirs. If they fail, they and the ghost will achieve unending peace.
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h c turk, ghost, sf, haunt

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Review by: malonzo on Aug. 09, 2012 :
I never heard of this author until a friend mentioned this book. Big thanks! Since sharing is caring, I’m sharing my thoughts about this amazing read.

First, it has a great premise. Two Terrans (into a boy-girl thing) are trapped in a haunted alien spaceship and have to survive a ghost trying to kill them. A good writer would have made a very enjoyable book. But H. C. Turk is a terrific writer and created a masterpiece. That’s immediately evident by the opening, which is not only gorgeous prose illuminating (literally) the situation, but effortlessly leads to down-to-earth people starting to get together, then back to the glories of the universe which will soon engulf the people.

If you threw out everything but the dialog between the two main characters, the book would be a wonderful read. But there’s so much more. The plot is truly exciting. The characters are real people and become your friends. The ideas behind the nature of alienness and these particular aliens are strongly realized. The endless originality is always satisfying. The unusual terms made to fit technology never encountered by humans before can be dense, but that’s appropriate for extremely intelligent ideas in a future setting. If you don’t bring your brain, you won’t get the most out of this. But if you can think and read at the same time, you will be profoundly rewarded. Not just because this novel is so smart, but because the emotions these people go through are touching, thrilling, hilarious, deeply moving. The ending is both utterly sorrowful and absolutely uplifting. Only a master can do that.

When I read this sentence, “I am your only girlfriend on this island, and in the universe of my heart” I think time stopped. I could only sit there and stare. When I came back, I was in an atmosphere of angels. That’s a great place to be.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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