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Carregando... Spindrift (original: 2007; edição: 2007)de Allen Steele
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Pertence à sérieCoyote Universe (4)
Fiction.
Science Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:Hugo Award-winning author Allen Steele has forged a permanent place in the pantheon of great science fiction authors with his landmark Coyote Trilogy. Now, he returns to that universe and offers a startling glimpse into the future of space explorationâ??and humanity itselfâ?¦ June 1, 2288â??Europeâ??s first starship, the EASS Galileo, launches on its maiden voyage to venture into unexplored space. Its classified mission: to investigate an unidentified, possibly-alien object traveling outside our solar system, code-named Spindrift. Soon after taking off, the Galileo disappears... February 1, 2344â??A shuttle from the Galileo returns to Earth carrying three surviving expedition members. The Galileo has been destroyed, and the rest of the crew is lostâ??but the survivors have not aged. For they have, indeed, made contact with an extraterrestrial raceâ??and become enmeshed in a conflict that brought them face to face with the most apocalyptic fo Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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After a couple of centuries of listening, Earth has finally detected an object that might be natural--just another rogue asteroid--but a signal that is clearly artificial. It's the Western Hemisphere Union that has detected the signal, but they're too bankrupt and exhausted to mount an expedition on their own. Reluctantly, they partner with the European Federation.
After a couple of centuries of listening, Earth has finally detected an object that might be natural--just another rogue asteroid--but a signal that is clearly artificial. It's the Western Hemisphere Union that has detected the signal, but they're too bankrupt and exhausted to mount an expedition on their own. Reluctantly, they partner with the European Federation.The very recent invention of the stargate gives the expedition a boost on the way--the first stargate, in orbit around Earth, and the second, in the outer reaches of the solar system, were ready for their first serious test, and EASS Galileo is ready to go. Changes are made to put a science team aboard, and a politically connected captain now that it's likely to be a First Contact mission. There are some major personal and political conflicts built in because of joint nature of the mission, but they're all professionals and (mostly) serious about the mission.
Things get ramped up a bit more when a few, two of the crew and one of the scientists, not naturally inclined to trust each other, discover there's been a last-minute addition to the equipment that might make first contact even more dangerous.
When they reach their destination, and discover a colony sleeper ship with a starbridge in orbit around it, the mystery gets deeper and deeper. Why build a sleeper ship if you have starbridge technology?
Recommended.
I borrowed this book from a friend. (