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***SEQUEL TO THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD SHORTLISTED NOVEL WAY DOWN
DARK*** The moment she learned the horrible truth about her life on
Australia, the derelict ship overrun with violent gangs, Chan Aitch
made it her mission to save everyone she could from their fate
worse than death. But her efforts were in vain. Now, everyone she
cares about is dead or in prison, and Chan is more alone than ever
before. As the only person to have escaped Australia's terrible
crash-landing back to Earth, Chan is now living in poverty on the
fringes of a huge city. She believes Mae, the little girl she once
rescued on the Australia, is still alive - but she has no idea
where Mae is, or how to find her. Everything on Earth is strange
and new, and Chan has never felt more lost. But she'll do whatever
it takes to find Mae, even if it means going to prison herself.
She's broken out of prison before. How hard could it be to do it
again?
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD*** Imagine a
nightmare from which there is no escape. Seventeen-year-old Chan's
ancestors left a dying Earth hundreds of years ago, in search of a
new home. They never found one. This is a hell where no one can
hide. The only life that Chan's ever known is one of violence, of
fighting. Of trying to survive. This is a ship of death, of
murderers and cults and gangs. But there might be a way to escape.
In order to find it, Chan must head way down into the darkness - a
place of buried secrets, long-forgotten lies, and the abandoned
bodies of the dead. This is Australia. Seventeen-year-old Chan,
fiercely independent and self-sufficient, keeps her head down and
lives quietly, careful not to draw attention to herself amidst the
violence and disorder. Until the day she makes an extraordinary
discovery - a way to return the Australia to Earth. But doing so
would bring her to the attention of the fanatics and the murderers
who control life aboard the ship, putting her and everyone she
loves in terrible danger. And a safe return to Earth is by no means
certain.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
The story of Czar Nicholas and the disappearance of the royal
family was a source of controversy for decades. Did they escape or
were they murdered? Smythe presents facts he assembled from two
diaries. He hoped to use Rescuing the Czar to set the record
straight. From his preface, "IF Rescuing the Czar" does no more
than set at rest the _fable_ of the "Romanoff Execution," it will
have done its work by characterizing the source and methods and
objects of its inspiration. If it raises the presumption of
generosity in quarters generally subject to suspicion, it will be
equally praiseworthy for expelling the darkness that has always
hovered around Imperial thrones. If it does nothing but portray the
dignified composure of Russian womanhood in the presence of
unspeakable affronts, it will have justified its publication by
adding to the diadem of virtue a few more jewels to glorify the
crest of motherhood. If it performs no other service than to place
upon the pale face of tragic possibility the red-pink blush of
romantic probabilities, it will have justified its presence in the
society of the learned by the sincerity of its purpose and the
candor of its appeal to the conscience of the world.
The story of Czar Nicholas and the disappearance of the royal
family was a source of controversy for decades. Did they escape or
were they murdered? Smythe presents facts he assembled from two
diaries. He hoped to use Rescuing the Czar to set the record
straight. From his preface, "IF Rescuing the Czar" does no more
than set at rest the _fable_ of the "Romanoff Execution," it will
have done its work by characterizing the source and methods and
objects of its inspiration. If it raises the presumption of
generosity in quarters generally subject to suspicion, it will be
equally praiseworthy for expelling the darkness that has always
hovered around Imperial thrones. If it does nothing but portray the
dignified composure of Russian womanhood in the presence of
unspeakable affronts, it will have justified its publication by
adding to the diadem of virtue a few more jewels to glorify the
crest of motherhood. If it performs no other service than to place
upon the pale face of tragic possibility the red-pink blush of
romantic probabilities, it will have justified its presence in the
society of the learned by the sincerity of its purpose and the
candor of its appeal to the conscience of the world."
***SEQUEL TO THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD SHORTLISTED NOVEL WAY DOWN
DARK*** The moment she learned the horrible truth about her life on
Australia, the derelict ship overrun with violent gangs, Chan Aitch
made it her mission to save everyone she could from their fate
worse than death. But her efforts were in vain. Now, everyone she
cares about is dead or in prison, and Chan is more alone than ever
before. As the only person to have escaped Australia's terrible
crash-landing back to Earth, Chan is now living in poverty on the
fringes of a huge city. She believes Mae, the little girl she once
rescued on the Australia, is still alive - but she has no idea
where Mae is, or how to find her. Everything on Earth is strange
and new, and Chan has never felt more lost. But she'll do whatever
it takes to find Mae, even if it means going to prison herself.
She's broken out of prison before. How hard could it be to do it
again?
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