Crash - Softcover

Haley, Guy

3.92

144 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781081212 ISBN 13: 9781781081211

Publisher: Solaris, 2013

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This thrilling novel lifts some of the fiercest contemporary concerns of stock-market crashes, overpolulation and who rules society, to deliver a novel that finds answers beyond the stars - but will that be enough to overcome history and survive? � The Market rules all, plotting the rise and fall of fortunes without human intervention. Mankind, trapped by a rigid hierarchy of wealth, bends to its every whim. To function, the Market must expand without end. The Earth is finite, and cannot hold it, and so a bold venture to the stars is begun, offering a rare chance at freedom to a select few people. But when the colony fleet is sabotaged, a small group finds itself marooned upon the tidally locked world of Nychthemeron, a world where one hemisphere is bathed in perpetual daylight, the other hidden by eternal night. �

The Market rules all, plotting the rise and fall of fortunes without human intervention. Mankind, trapped by a rigid hierarchy of wealth, bends to its every whim. To function, the Market must expand without end. The Earth is finite, and cannot hold it, and so a bold venture to the stars is begun, offering a rare chance at freedom to a select few people. But when the colony fleet is sabotaged, a small group finds itself marooned upon the tidally locked world of Nychthemeron, a world where one hemisphere is bathed in perpetual daylight, the other hidden by eternal night. Isolated and beset, the stricken colony members must fight for survival on the hostile planet, while secrets about both the nature of their shipwreck and Nychthemeron itself threaten to tear their fragile society apart.

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Guy Haley is a hidden gem of British SF.' Paul Cornell 'It's a thriller, an unnatural mystery and a strange sort of love story. Highly entertaining and original, and well worth a look.' Starburst Magazine on Champion of Mars

About the Author:

Guy Haley is a journalist and the author of Reality 36, Omega Point and Champion of Mars. He lives in Somerset, England, with his wife, son, a very big cat, and an even bigger dog.

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