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A new benchmark in modern SF. A sharp, clever, funny morality tale that answers the biggest question of all: what makes us human?
A fight in an alley behind a bar: a visiting European is knifed by local thug Ramon Espejo and all hell breaks loose.
The dead man was a diplomat on an important mission to São Paulo, and next day Ramon is on the run heading north in his van toward land that no one has ever explored, or even thought of exploring, land so far only glimpsed from orbit during the first colony surveys.
There are women still alive on São Paulo who can recall the initial descent onto an untouched world. All the cities of the south have bloomed since then, like mold on a Petri dish.
Ramon was among the second wave of colonists. He’s gone from being nothing in the hills of Mexico to being nothing on this strange alien world. His only friend Griego tells Ramon God meant him to be poor, or he wouldn’t have made him so mean. Ramon’s rage has never deserted him. It was there in the alley behind the bar, but he can’t actually remember why he killed the European.
Leaving all the hell and shit and sorrow of Diegotown behind, Ramon’s plan is to look for minerals in the unmapped lands while the heat dies down. He’s made a bare living prospecting so far, expecting each trip to be the big one that’ll make him rich, and this one is no different. The first samples he blows out of the mountain, however, bring down the mountain upon him as well and a whole undiscovered alien race. Ramon is tethered to one of them and set to ‘perform his function’. Whatever that means, he’ll find out. And he’ll remember why he killed the European.
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"Suspenseful and absorbing." -- Romantic Times BOOKclub (4 stars)
"This is smashing SF-a great manhunt story." -- Express
"Suspenseful and absorbing."--Romantic Times BOOKclub (4 stars)
"This is smashing SF--a great manhunt story."--Express
"This novel provides solid escapism for those who love adventures on strange planets; the detailed descriptions of assorted aliens are especially fascinating."--Lansing State Journal
"[A] tense interspecies battle of wits with tangy atmospherics and a bleak lesson on the meaning of freedom. A."--Entertainment Weekly
"A remarkably smooth adventure with intriguing psychological underpinnings...suspenseful and unpretentious."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"[S]o sharp you have to be careful not to cut your fingers while turning the pages...HUNTER'S RUN is the sort of tense, what's-gonna-happen-next battle of cultures and wits that keeps you guessing. And, perhaps, rekindles your childhood love of sci-fi."--The Star Press (Muncie, Indiana)
Suspenseful and absorbing. --Romantic Times BOOKclub (4 stars)"
A remarkably smooth adventure with intriguing psychological underpinnings...suspenseful and unpretentious. --San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"
"This is smashing SF-a great manhunt story." -- Express
"Suspenseful and absorbing."--Romantic Times BOOKclub (4 stars)
"This is smashing SF--a great manhunt story."--Express
"This novel provides solid escapism for those who love adventures on strange planets; the detailed descriptions of assorted aliens are especially fascinating."--Lansing State Journal
"[A] tense interspecies battle of wits with tangy atmospherics and a bleak lesson on the meaning of freedom. A."--Entertainment Weekly
"A remarkably smooth adventure with intriguing psychological underpinnings...suspenseful and unpretentious."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"[S]o sharp you have to be careful not to cut your fingers while turning the pages...HUNTER'S RUN is the sort of tense, what's-gonna-happen-next battle of cultures and wits that keeps you guessing. And, perhaps, rekindles your childhood love of sci-fi."--The Star Press (Muncie, Indiana)
Suspenseful and absorbing. --Romantic Times BOOKclub (4 stars)"
A remarkably smooth adventure with intriguing psychological underpinnings...suspenseful and unpretentious. --San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"
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- PublisherHarper Voyager
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0007260237
- ISBN 13 9780007260232
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade Paperback. 394 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 2007. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A new benchmark in modern SF. A sharp, clever, funny morality tale that answers the biggest question of all: what makes us human? A fight in an alley behind a bar: a visiting European is knifed by local thug Ramon Espejo and all hell breaks loose. The dead man was a diplomat on an important mission to Sao Paulo, and next day Ramon is on the run heading north in his van toward land that no one has ever explored, or even thought of exploring, land so far only glimpsed from orbit during the first colony surveys. There are women still alive on Sao Paulo who can recall the initial descent onto an untouched world. All the cities of the south have bloomed since then, like mold on a Petri dish. Ramon was among the second wave of colonists. He's gone from being nothing in the hills of Mexico to being nothing on this strange alien world. His only friend Griego tells Ramon God meant him to be poor, or he wouldn't have made him so mean. Ramon's rage has never deserted him. It was there in the alley behind the bar, but he can't actually remember why he killed the European. Leaving all the hell and shit and sorrow of Diegotown behind, Ramon's plan is to look for minerals in the unmapped lands while the heat dies down. He's made a bare living prospecting so far, expecting each trip to be the big one that'll make him rich, and this one is no different. The first samples he blows out of the mountain, however, bring down the mountain upon him as well and a whole undiscovered alien race. Ramon is tethered to one of them and set to 'perform his function'. Whatever that means, he'll find out. And he'll remember why he killed the European. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0007260237. ISBN/EAN: 9780007260232. Inventory No: 13070136. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 13070136
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