First Title value, for Searching:
Shroud
First Author value, for Searching:
Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972- author 1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdCtMQT8VQKDX7cfM9qwC
General Note:
Includes excerpt from Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Format:
Libros
Abstract:
"They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back... New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists--and a commercial mission to a distant star system discovers a moon that is pitch black, but alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is anathema to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud. Under no circumstances should a human end up on Shroud's inhospitable surface. Except a catastrophic accident sees Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne doing just that. Forced to stage an emergency landing, in a small, barely adequate vehicle, they are unable to contact their ship and are running out of time. What follows is a gruelling journey across land, sea and air. During this time, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud's dominant species. It also begins to understand them..."-- Provided by publisher.
Tema:
| Women astronauts -- Fiction. |
| Survival -- Fiction. |
| Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction. |
| Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction. |
| Life on other planets -- Fiction. |
| Human-alien encounters -- Fiction. |
| Space vehicle accidents -- Fiction. |
| Femmes astronautes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Habiletés de survie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Voyages interplanétaires -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Extraterrestres -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Rencontres avec les extraterrestres -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Astronautique -- Accidents -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Horror fiction. |
| Science fiction. |
| Survival fiction. |
| Novels. |
| Romans. |
Summary:
"They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back... New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists--and a commercial mission to a distant star system discovers a moon that is pitch black, but alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is anathema to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud. Under no circumstances should a human end up on Shroud's inhospitable surface. Except a catastrophic accident sees Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne doing just that. Forced to stage an emergency landing, in a small, barely adequate vehicle, they are unable to contact their ship and are running out of time. What follows is a gruelling journey across land, sea and air. During this time, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud's dominant species. It also begins to understand them..."--
Number Available:
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