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Derelict (Paperback)
Joshua Palmatier, David B. Coe; Julie E. Czerneda
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R540
Discovery Miles 5 400
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Picco's moon was where it all began for Esen-alit-Quar, Youngest of
Ersh's Web. It was here where Ersh, the Oldest, had chosen to make
her home; here, too, where Esen received her early training as a
shapeshifter and a member of the Web. When Ersh's Web was
destroyed, Esen and her human friend Paul survived, and together
they founded Esen's Web, a group composed initially of the two of
them but one which expanded slowly to include a chosen few selected
by Paul. For in their universe there were all too many species
ready to destroy Esen, should they discover her true nature. Still,
despite the need for concealment, life had been good to Esen and
Paul. They now had well-established identities, a thriving
business, and numerous friends. It seemed as though they'd finally
created a safe haven for themselves. At least until they received
word that someone was mining Picco's Moon, desecrating Ersh's
Mountain. Esen and Paul had no choice. They had to go to Picco's
Moon and put a stop to the situation. But before they could even
set out, they found themselves under attack on every front. Their
carefully built haven gone, and loyal friends suddenly transformed
into vengeful enemies, was there anywhere Esen and Paul could run,
anyone they could turn to for help, any way to defeat a foe they
couldn't identify?
Caught in a web of her own making Esen-alit-Quar had violated the
First Rule of her species when she revealed her existence to a
human named Paul Ragem. And though both Paul and Esen had survived,
others of Esen's Web had not been so fortunate. Es could hardly
believe that fifty years had passed since the terrifying events
which had nearly cost her her life and which had forced Paul to
give up everything a human treasured family, friends, even his own
identity to protect the secret of her continued survival. In that
time they had built a new life together out on the Fringe. They had
a successful export company, friends and associates. Esen, now
known as Esolesy Ki and wearing the form of a Lishcyn a species
rare enough in the Commonwealth and never seen in the Fringe was
perfectly content to remain on the world of Minas XII, leaving it
to Paul to travel the starways on company business. Meanwhile she
used their vast information resources to search for any signs that
others of her kind had found their galaxy. What neither Es nor Paul
could foresee was that a simple "vacation" trip would plunge the
two of them into the heart of a diplomatic nightmare and threaten
to expose both Es and Paul to the hunters who had never been
convinced of their destruction.
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