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Ten Low and her ragtag comrades take on an ultra-rich tycoon who
owns entire planets in this high-octane clash of law and
lawlessness across the stars, for fans of Gideon the Ninth, Anne
Leckie and Becky Chambers. Who controls the future, controls it
all... Ten "Doc" Low is a medic with a dark past, riding the wastes
of the desert moon Factus, dispensing medicine to the needy and
death to those who cross the laws of the mysterious Seekers. Cursed
by otherworldly forces, she stays alone to keep herself safe, and
to keep others safe from her... But when she experiences a
terrifying vision of conflict and the deaths of those she once
called friends, she must drag herself back to the land of the
living to stop a war before it begins. With rebellion brewing, the
Accord's grip on the Outer Moons weakening and a sinister tycoon
buying up all land in sight, Ten must find allies where she can and
face the past in order to save the future. The cost will be greater
than she could ever have imagined... A wild, adrenaline-packed,
whip-smart crash of storytelling and shoot-outs, ideal for fans of
Becky Chambers' Wayfarers and Alex White's Salvagers.
Ten Low is an ex-army medic, one of many convicts eking out a
living at the universe's edge. She's desperate to escape her
memories of the interstellar war, and the crimes she committed, but
trouble seems to follow wherever she goes. One night, attempting to
atone for her sins, she pulls a teenage girl - the sole survivor -
from the wreck of a spaceship. But Gabriella Ortiz is no ordinary
girl. The result of a military genetics programme, she is a
decorated Army General, from the opposing side of the war to Ten.
Worse, Ten realises the crash was an assassination attempt, and
that someone wants the Ortiz dead... The pair bury their hatreds
and strike an uneasy deal to smuggle the General off-world. Their
road won't be easy: they must cross the moon's lawless wastes,
facing military hit squads, bandits and the one-eyed leader of an
all-female road gang, in a frantic race to get the General to
safety. But something else waits in the darkness at the universe's
edge. Something that threatens to reveal Ten's worst nightmare: the
truth of who she really is and what she is running from.
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Ninth Life
Stark Holborn
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R207
Discovery Miles 2 070
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The Ballad of Halo Jones meets Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers by way
of 3:10 to Yuma; a clash of law and lawlessness, storytelling and
truth in a headlong romp across the stars. After fifty years of
wreaking havoc across the galaxy, the outlaw Nine Lives – aka
Former General Gabi Ortiz – has finally met her match. Outgunned
at the system’s edge, she surrenders to the implacable
Inter-Planetary Marshal Dao Prynne, on one condition: she will go
quietly if, during the long journey to back to Prosper, she is
allowed to tell her story once and in full to the known worlds, to
ensure she is never forgotten. As Ortiz’s story unfolds, Prynne
realises she is no longer certain of anything, least of all
Ortiz’s guilt. And worse, powerful forces are determined that the
former General will not reach Prosper alive. Soon Prynne finds
herself protecting the very woman she intended to deliver to
justice. But unbeknownst to her, Ortiz has an ace up her sleeve,
and help – in the form of old friends – can arrive in the most
unexpected of ways…
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