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The Burning Dark - cover

The Burning Dark

Adam Christopher

Publisher: Tor Books

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From the New York Times–bestselling author, “a riveting SF mystery reminiscent of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House” (Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries).Back in the day, Captain Abraham Idaho Cleveland had led the Fleet into battle against an implacable machine intelligence capable of devouring entire worlds. After saving a planet, and getting a bum robot knee in the process, he finds himself relegated to one of the most remote backwaters in Fleetspace, overseeing the decommissioning of a semi-deserted space station.The station’s reclusive commandant is nowhere to be seen. Persistent malfunctions plague the station’s systems while interference from a toxic purple star makes even ordinary communications problematic. Alien shadows and whispers seem to haunt the lonely corridors and airlocks, fraying the nerves of everyone aboard.Isolated and friendless, Cleveland reaches out to the universe via an old-fashioned space radio, only to tune in to a strange, enigmatic signal: a woman’s voice that echoes across a thousand light-years of space. But is the transmission just a random bit of static from the past—or a warning of an undying menace beyond mortal comprehension?“Christopher puts sci-fi in a metaphysical choke hold—The Burning Dark makes reality tap out.” —Scott Sigler, #1 New York Times-bestselling author “Builds tension expertly. Claustrophobic in mood but with the scope of great space opera, this is SF you will want to read with the light on.” —Library Journal (starred review)“Massively entertaining.” —Toronto Star“Christopher has produced a widescreen Hollywood spectacular in novel form. Not to be missed.” —James Lovegrove, New York Times-bestselling author
Available since: 03/25/2014.
Print length: 335 pages.

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