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Emissaries from the Dead (Andrea Cort, Book 1)
Written by Adam-Troy Castro
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Average Score:
76(3)
Two murders have occurred on One One One, an artificial ecosystem created by the universe's dominant AIs to house several engineered species, including a violent, sentient race of sloth-like creatures. Under order from the Diplomatic Corps, Counselor Andrea Cort has come to this cylinder world where an indentured human community hangs suspended high above a poisoned, acid atmosphere. Her assignment is to choose a suitable homicide suspect from among those who have sold their futures to escape existences even worse than this one. And no matter where the trail leads her she must do nothing to implicate the hosts, who hold the power to obliterate humankind in an instant. But Andrea Cort is not about to hold back in her hunt for a killer. For she has nothing to lose and harbors no love for her masters or fellow indentures. And she herself has felt the terrible exhilaration of taking life . . . .
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Book Details
Science Fiction
Mass Market Paperback,
387 Pages
Published
by Eos on March 01, 2008
ISBN-10 0061443727
ISBN-13 978-0061443725
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Reviews
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Fantasy Book Critic
| Robert Thompson
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Review Rating: 80
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Nevertheless, despite my problems with the narrative I was really impressed with Adam-Troy Castro's book...
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| Michael M Jones
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Review Rating: 80
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The bottom line, however, is that Adam-Troy Castro has crafted a fascinating tale, with a strong, memorable lead, and he's placed the action in an intriguing setting that could only be possible in this genre.
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SF Reviews
| Thomas M. Wagner
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Review Rating: 70
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I wasn't sure what to expect from the first novel by Adam-Troy Castro that hasn't been some sort of media tie-in. What a surprise to discover a storyteller with just about the bleakest vision of humanity's future one could imagine. "We're all owned," declares one character in a line that singlehandedly sums up this novel's sense of cynical resignation, "it's just a matter of deciding who holds the deed."
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