Hunter's Run - Softcover

Martin, George R R; Dozois, Gardner; Abraham, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061373303 ISBN 13: 9780061373305

Publisher: Harper Voyager, 2009

Synopsis

Running from poverty and hopelessness, Ramón Espejo boarded one of the great starships of the mysterious, repulsive Enye. But the new life he found on the far-off planet of São Paulo was no better than the one he abandoned. Then one night his rage and too much alcohol get the better of him. Deadly violence ensues, forcing Ramón to flee into the wilderness.

Mercifully, almost happily alone--far from the loud, bustling hive of humanity that he detests with sociopathic fervor--the luckless prospector is finally free to search for the one rich strike that could make him wealthy. But what he stumbles upon instead is an advanced alien race in hiding: desperate fugitives, like him, on a world not their own. Suddenly in possession of a powerful, dangerous secret and caught up in an extraordinary manhunt on a hostile, unpredictable planet, Ramón must first escape . . . and then, somehow, survive.

And his deadliest enemy is himself.

About this title

Review:

"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)

About the Author:

George R. R. Martin is the perennial New York Times bestselling author of the epic, critically acclaimed, and wildly popular series Song of Ice and Fire.

Gardner Dozois is a highly esteemed author and Hugo Award-winning editor of several SF anthologies and, for twenty years, Asimov's Science Fiction magazine.

Daniel Abraham's first SF novel, Shadow in Summer, was included on Locus magazine's Recommended Reading List for 2006. He is a winner of the International Horror Guild Award and has been nominated for the Nebula Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061373303
• ISBN 13: 9780061373305
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304