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Dark Space

#1 Sentients of Orion

Marianne de Pierres

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English
Orbit Books
01 June 2007
While drifting in space, lost, due to navigational failure, a mineral scout discovers God. When word gets out, academics from the studiums across Orion scramble to gain the Entity's favour. However, not all the sentients of Orion hold this 'god' in awe - some, like the philosophers of Scolar and the Transhuman's of Extropy are deeply suspicious.

Onto the grand stage of inter-planetary academic politics, intellectual conceit and dubious theology walks Baronessa Mira Fedor. Her planet has been torn apart by the invasion of a race of giant tardigrades. Only the Orion League of Sentient Species can lend aid, but OLOSS are preoccupied with communicating with god. Mira, together with the larrikin, misogynist Jo-Jo Rasterovich, is left to her own resources to find help. In doing so she unmasks a galaxy-size intrigue.

But will she live long enough to tell anyone...?
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Imprint:   Orbit Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   Bk. 1
Dimensions:   Height: 184mm,  Width: 143mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   272g
ISBN:   9781841494289
ISBN 10:   1841494283
Series:   Sentients of Orion
Pages:   432
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Author Website:   www.mariannedepierres.com

Melissa de la Cruz is the author of many best-selling novels, including the Blue Bloods series; the Au Pairs series; the Ashleys series; and Angels on Sunset Boulevard. She is also a frequent contributor to Glamour, Marie Claire, Teen Vogue, and Cosmopolitan. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter, and is hard at work on the next book in the Blue Bloods saga. While Melissa is not a Blue Blood, she knows people who are... www.bluebloodsbooks.com www.melissa-delacruz.com

Reviews for Dark Space (#1 Sentients of Orion)

DARK SPACE lacks focus, but the colourful characters and sense of scale suggest that the series could develop into something special - TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Dark Space is a rich and vigorous adventure and a promising first instalment - THE AUSTRALIAN A complex and exciting novel, almost devoid of cheap sentiment and comfortable vindication. It s not a cheerful read, but it is a very rewarding one . . . de Pierres willingness to display the imperfections of her characters is a large part of the appeal of Dark Space; she deftly handles the aspects of bringing characters to life that elude so many space opera writers, simply by making them genuinely human - with all the contradictory drives and motives that implies . . . While a deeply political book, Dark Space is also a very engaging one - the fine characterisation and subtle writing make for a novel which is both exciting and thought-provoking at once . . . It s always a joy to find intelligent and exciting space opera; to find it being written by a woman unafraid to bring her own perspective to a traditionally masculine genre, doubly so. - SCALPEL MAGAZINE Dark Space is an exciting adventure with plenty going on to keep you turning the pages. The story is primed to enter uncharted territory at the end of Book One. Marianne has a knack for creating compelling characters in complex realities the Parish Plessis no


  • Short-listed for Australian Science Fiction Awards 2008
  • Shortlisted for Australian Science Fiction Awards 2008.

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