Crossfire - Softcover

Kress, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765343894 ISBN 13: 9780765343895

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2004

Synopsis

Essef - Crossfire is the story of a human colony settling on a distant planet, a colony formed by Jake Holman - a man trying to escape a dark past. But as this diverse group of thousands comes to terms with their new lives on a new world, they make a startling discovery: primative humanoid aliens. There are only a few isolated villages, and the evidence seems to indicate the aliens aren't native to the planet - even though they live in thatched huts and possess only primative tools. When the humans finally learn the truth, they find themselves caught up in an interstellar war. In the end, a handful of human colonist will have to choose sides in the struggle. A lot is riding on their decision - not just the fate of their new home, but the fate of all humanity...

About this title

Review:

"Fans of serious SF will enjoy this tale of bravery, travel, adventure, and personal and social crisis."

About the Author:

Nancy Kress was born and raised in upstate New York, where she spent most of her childhood either reading or playing in the woods. She earned a bachelor's and master's degree in education, as well as an M.A. in English. While she was pregnant with the second of her two sons, she started writing fiction. She had never planned on becoming a writer, but staying at home full-time with infants left her time to experiment. In 1990 she went full-time as an SF writer. The first thing she wrote in this new status was the novella version of "Beggars In Spain," which won both the Hugo and the Nebula Award. She is the author of more than twenty books, including more than a dozen novels of science fiction and fantasy, as well as three story collections, and two books on writing. Of her most recent novels, "Probability Space "(Tor, 2002) won the John W. Campbell Award for Best SF novel. Her short fiction has appeared in all the usual places, garnering her one Hugo and three Nebula Awards. Her work has been translated into Swedish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Japanese, Croatian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Greek, Hebrew, and Russian. She is also the monthly "Fiction" columnist for "Writer's Digest Magazine" and she teaches writing regularly at various places, including Clarion and The Writing Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She currently resides in Rochester, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0765343894
• ISBN 13: 9780765343895
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368