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Trident's Forge

Children of a Dead Earth Book II

Patrick S Tomlinson author Lee Gibbons illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Watkins Media Limited

Published:5th Apr '16

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They've made it this far. If only that increased humanity's chances on this new planet...They’ve made it this far. If only that increased humanity’s chances on this new planet… Against all odds, the Ark and her thirty-thousand survivors have reached Tau Ceti G to begin the long, arduous task of rebuilding human civilization. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Tau Ceti G’s natives, the G’tel, are coming to grips with the sudden appearance of what many believe are their long-lost Gods. But first contact between humans and G’tel goes catastrophically wrong, visiting death on both sides. Rumours swirl that the massacre was no accident. The Ark’s greatest hero, Bryan Benson, takes on the mystery. Partnered with native ‘truth-digger’ Kexx, against both of their better judgement, Benson is thrust into the heart of an alien culture with no idea how to tell who wants to worship him from who wants him dead. Together, Benson and Kexx will have to find enough common ground and trust to uncover a plot that threatens to plunge both of their peoples into an apocalyptic war that neither side can afford to fight. File Under: Science Fiction [ First Contact | Last Massacre | Truth and Lies | Welcome to Our Planet ]

"The stakes are high is this thrilling debut." - Kirkus Reviews; "This is the story I wish I had written. Generation ship. Detective story. Tomlinson takes such discordant elements and weaves them into a fascinating story: a Manet painting, advanced probes, exoplanet imaging, and more. I'm hoping that this is the start of a new subgenre: detectives in space!" - J. Daniel Batt

ISBN: 9780857664860

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

400 pages

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