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Synopsis
Working as a scavenger on a hostile planet with corrosive rain and deadly heat, fourteen-year-old Timas finds his life thrown into turmoil by the crash-landing of a mysterious stranger who bears a warning that an alien intelligence is coming to invade the planet. 15,000 first printing.
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“"Sly Mongoose" combines weird and wonderful tech and human cultures of fantastic diversity with some of the coolest planet-building this side of Hal Clement.”—Elizabeth Bear
“Tobias S. Buckell is a dazzling new voice.”—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award–Winning author of "Hominids" on "Crystal Rain
"“"Ragamuffin "is a winner.”"—San Jose Mercury News
"“First-class space adventure, with tip-top characterization, action, and world-building. May Buckell enjoy a long, productive career.”"—Booklist "on "Ragamuffin
"“Buckell plays with Caribbean and Aztec cultures, bending their exotic flavor to technology-flavored ends. A lot of fun.”"—Publishers Weekly "on "Ragamuffin
"“"Crystal Rain "is refreshing and imaginative, an exotic stew of cultures, myths, and technology.”—Kevin J. Anderson, bestselling co-author of "Sandworms Of Dune
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Praise for Tobias S. Buckell
"Buckell delivers double helpings of action and violence in a plot-driven story worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster." "--Publishers Weekly "on "Sly Mongoose
""Tobias Buckell is stretching the horizons of science fiction and giving readers a hell of a lot of swashbuckling fun in the bargain."
--John Scalzi, bestselling author of "Fuzzy Nation "on "Sly Mongoose
"""Ragamuffin "is a winner." "--San Jose Mercury News
"""Crystal Rain "is refreshing and imaginative, an exotic stew of cultures, myths, and technology." --Kevin J. Anderson, bestselling coauthor of The Dune novels
""Sly Mongoose" combines weird and wonderful tech and human cultures of fantastic diversity with some of the coolest planet-building this side of Hal Clement."--Elizabeth Bear, award-winning author
"Buckell delivers double helpings of action and violence in a plot-driven story worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster."--"Publishers Weekly
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"Tobias Buckell is stretching the horizons of science fiction and giving readers a hell of a lot of swashbuckling fun in the bargain."--John Scalzi, "New York Times" bestselling author
"Buckell's world building, full of strong Aztec and Caribbean elements, is spectacular; the story, finely tuned and engrossing."--"Booklist
""Zombies. Interplanetary battles. Alien races. A hero that can destroy a city in a single bounce. What's not to love?"--"RT Book Reviews"
"Sly Mongoose" combines weird and wonderful tech and human cultures of fantastic diversity with some of the coolest planet-building this side of Hal Clement. "Elizabeth Bear, award-winning author"
Buckell delivers double helpings of action and violence in a plot-driven story worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster. "Publishers Weekly"
Tobias Buckell is stretching the horizons of science fiction and giving readers a hell of a lot of swashbuckling fun in the bargain. "John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author"
Buckell's world building, full of strong Aztec and Caribbean elements, is spectacular; the story, finely tuned and engrossing. "Booklist"
Zombies. Interplanetary battles. Alien races. A hero that can destroy a city in a single bounce. What's not to love? "RT Book Reviews""
"Sly Mongoose combines weird and wonderful tech and human cultures of fantastic diversity with some of the coolest planet-building this side of Hal Clement." --Elizabeth Bear, award-winning author
"Buckell delivers double helpings of action and violence in a plot-driven story worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster." --Publishers Weekly
"Tobias Buckell is stretching the horizons of science fiction and giving readers a hell of a lot of swashbuckling fun in the bargain." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author
"Buckell's world building, full of strong Aztec and Caribbean elements, is spectacular; the story, finely tuned and engrossing." --Booklist
"Zombies. Interplanetary battles. Alien races. A hero that can destroy a city in a single bounce. What's not to love?" --RT Book Reviews
About the Author
Tobias S. Buckell is a Caribbean-born writer who grew up in Grenada, the United States, and the British Virgin Islands. He now lives in Bluffton, Ohio.
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- PublisherTor Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0765319209
- ISBN 13 9780765319203
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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