Dark Run: 1 (Keiko) - Hardcover

Brooks, Executive And Clinical Director Mike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1481459546 ISBN 13: 9781481459549

Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press, 2016

Synopsis

In this debut space epic, a crew of thieves and con artists take on a job that could pay off a lot of debts in a corrupt galaxy where life is cheap and criminals are the best people in it.

The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune, and adventurers travelling Earth's colony planets searching for the next job. And they never talk about their past--until now.

Captain Ichabod Drift is being blackmailed. He has to deliver a special cargo to Earth, and no one can know they're there. It's what they call a dark run...And it may be their last.

About this title

Review:

Brooks has concocted a space opera full of fast talk, action, and gratuitous violence. Brooks delivers a old-fashioned space Western peopled with likable, flawed characters who gallop across an entertaining page-turner.--Kirkus Reviews "March 31st, 2016 "

Brooks turns in an enjoyable adventure that has all of the fast action and clever dialog fans of the genre look for, with well-drawn secondary characters who also have moments to shine. Suggest this debut to enthusiasts of caper plots and stories such as Chris Wooding's Ketty Jay novels, and, of course, Firefly.--Library Journal "April 15th, 2016 "

"Dark Run deserves to be this year's break out. A space opera in the rollicking tradition of Timothy Zahn, John Scalzi, James S.A. Corey, C.J. Cherryh."--Andrew Liptak "B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog "

""Dark Run is a fun novel."--io9.com

"[Dark Run] doesn't disappoint. With its fast moving action, wise-cracking dialogue and wry humour."--SFF World

"Dark Run is a fast paced smuggler story that delivers all the crooked and devious action you could ask for."--SFBook Reviews

"Golden Age chic! Great fun!"--Stephen Baxter ", International bestselling author of The Long Earth with Terry Pratchett, and Proxima "

Book Description:

A fast-paced, sci-fi thriller from a stunning new British talent.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1481459546
• ISBN 13: 9781481459549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352