How Dark The World Becomes
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
28 January 2014
Summary
- Sasha Naradnyo is a gangster. He’s a gangster with heart, sure, butSasha sticks his neck out for no man. That’s how you stay alive in CrackCity, a colony stuffed deep into the crust of the otherwise unlivable planetPeezgtaan. Alive only — because if you’re human, you don’tprosper, at least not for long. Sasha is a second generation City native. Hisparents came to this rock figuring to make it big, only to find thatthey’d been recruited as an indentured labor force for alien overlordsknown as the Varoki. Now a pair of rich young Varoki under the care of abeautiful human nanny are fleeing Peezgtaan, and Sasha is recruited to help. Allthings considered, he’d rather leave the little alien lordlings to theirfate, but certain considerations — such as Sasha’s own imminentdemise if he remains — make it beneficial for him to take on the job. ButSasha discovers his simple choice has thrust him into the midst of a politicalbattle that could remake the galactic balance of power and save humanity fromslow death by servitude. Now all he has to do is survive and keep his chargesalive on a hostile planet undergoing its own revolution.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476736266 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 147673626X |
| Author: | Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. |
| Publisher: | Baen Books |
| Imprint: | Baen Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 104mm x 170mm |
| Audience Age: | 16 |
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Frank Chadwick is a the New York Times number one best-selling nonfiction author of over two hundred books, articles, and columns on military history and military affairs, as well as over one hundred military and science fiction board and role-playing games. His game Space: 1889 was the first Steampunk game and remains a cult favorite. His other game writing credits include legendary fantasy game En Garde!, groundbreaking SF role playing game Traveller: The New Era, and many others. Chadwick’s SF novels include How Dark the World Becomes and upcoming steampunk thriller The Forever Engine, both from Baen Books.
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