F-/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & marked) in dustwrapper priced �18.99 (a trifle rubbed); pp. [vi (last blank)], 394. A near fine copy. Seller Inventory # 034084

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Title: Hunter's Run

Publisher: Harper / Voyager, London

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: F-

Dust Jacket Condition: F-

Edition: First UK.

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Synopsis:

A new benchmark in modern SF. A sharp, clever, funny morality tale that answers the biggest question of all: what makes us human?

A fight in an alley behind a bar: a visiting European is knifed by local thug Ramon Espejo and all hell breaks loose.

The dead man was a diplomat on an important mission to S�o Paulo, and next day Ramon is on the run heading north in his van toward land that no one has ever explored, or even thought of exploring, land so far only glimpsed from orbit during the first colony surveys.

There are women still alive on S�o Paulo who can recall the initial descent onto an untouched world. All the cities of the south have bloomed since then, like mould on a Petri dish.

Ramon was among the second wave of colonists. He’s gone from being nothing in the hills of Mexico to being nothing on this strange alien world. His only friend Griego tells Ramon God meant him to be poor, or he wouldn’t have made him so mean. Ramon’s rage has never deserted him. It was there in the alley behind the bar, but he can’t actually remember why he killed the European.

Leaving all the hell and shit and sorrow of Diegotown behind, Ramon’s plan is to look for minerals in the unmapped lands while the heat dies down. He’s made a bare living prospecting so far, expecting each trip to be the big one that’ll make him rich, and this one is no different. The first samples he blows out of the mountain, however, bring down the mountain upon him as well and a whole undiscovered alien race. Ramon is tethered to one of them and set to ‘perform his function’. Whatever that means, he’ll find out. And he’ll remember why he killed the European.

Review:

"Suspenseful and absorbing." -- Romantic Times BOOKclub (4 stars)

"This is smashing SF-a great manhunt story." -- Express

"Suspenseful and absorbing."--Romantic Times BOOKclub (4 stars)

"This is smashing SF--a great manhunt story."--Express

"This novel provides solid escapism for those who love adventures on strange planets; the detailed descriptions of assorted aliens are especially fascinating."--Lansing State Journal

"[A] tense interspecies battle of wits with tangy atmospherics and a bleak lesson on the meaning of freedom. A."--Entertainment Weekly

"A remarkably smooth adventure with intriguing psychological underpinnings...suspenseful and unpretentious."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"[S]o sharp you have to be careful not to cut your fingers while turning the pages...HUNTER'S RUN is the sort of tense, what's-gonna-happen-next battle of cultures and wits that keeps you guessing. And, perhaps, rekindles your childhood love of sci-fi."--The Star Press (Muncie, Indiana)

Suspenseful and absorbing. --Romantic Times BOOKclub (4 stars)"

A remarkably smooth adventure with intriguing psychological underpinnings...suspenseful and unpretentious. --San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"

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Established in 2001, Arapiles Mountain Books is the only specialist mountaineering bookseller in Australia. We carry a large stock of fine, rare and out of print mountaineering and adventurous travel books, with a particular emphasis on British, Australian, New Zealand and Himalayan climbing narratives and guides. We have an especially wide selection of early - mid 20th travel books in dustwrapper, signed books and expedition memorabilia. On-line catalogues can be browsed on this website. The proprietor, Andrew Long, has climbed the world over since 1980, and has spent much of his time over the (last few) years, collecting and reading climbing and travel narratives by more intrepid writers. He will be happy to answer any queries or provide advice on condition, approximate value, rarity or just plain readability free of charge. A booksearch service is available. Although we are a mail order store, visitors are most welcome to browse our stock by making an appointment. I have a bricks and mortar bookshop in Central Victoria ('Mount of Alex', 273 Barker Street, Castlemaine), which is currently pen by appointment only. Appointments to view the stock may be made by calling Andrew on +61 410 650 923 or by email to araps@alassoc.com.au.

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