Cosmonaut Keep: 1st in the 'Engines Of Light' series of books

MacLeod, Ken

ISBN 10: 1857239865 / ISBN 13: 9781857239867

Published by Little, Brown & Co / Orbit, 2000

About this Item

© 2000: 1st in the 'Engines Of Light' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: After the Ural-Caspian Oil War, the Russians quit stalling. Their troops reached the Atlantic, their cosmonauts reached the asteroids, and now they are claiming first contact. Matt Cairns knows they are being economical with the truth. But even he doesn't know what's really out there. Thousands of light-years from Earth, human colonists have learned to live among other intelligent species. For Gregor and his fellow students of marine biology, the arrival of an interstellar merchant ship sets their research on a new course - where an alien past encounters a human future, at the speed of light:- (original cost £16.99).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cosmonaut Keep: 1st in the 'Engines Of Light' series of books
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Co / Orbit
• Publication Date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1857239865
• ISBN 13: 9781857239867
• Binding: Hardback: 9½" x 6¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Lee Gibbons
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

When Alexander Cairns made his fortune, he did some gambling - financing interstallar probes to look for other life forms. Now his son has discovered that one of them has sent back evidence of alien intelligence, and a space ark financed by a rival family is obliviously approaching the area.

About the Author

Ken MacLeod graduated with a BSc from Glasgow University in 1976. Following research at Brunel University, he worked in a variety of manual and clerical jobs whilst completing an MPhil thesis. He previously worked as a computer analyst/programmer in Edinburgh, but is now a full-time writer. He is the author of twelve previous novels, five of which have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and two which have won the BSFA Award. Ken MacLeod is married with two grown-up children and lives in West Lothian.