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The Mosquito Fleet

Andrew Penn Romine

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English
Broken Eye Books
05 November 2024
In the far future, humankind has settled remote frontier worlds thanks to the science of biotics, a combination of organic and inorganic engineering that powers FTL drives and even synthetic humans.

The Mosquito Fleet is a novel of three interwoven tales that concern Lira, a synthetic spacer whose ability to interface with biotic stardrives ordinarily would make her an indispensable navigator. After her miscalculations result in a tragic accident, however, Lira can only find employment on rundown vessels, traveling to the fringes of the Spin Colonies.

During one such routine voyage, a mysterious comet unexpectedly appears, broadcasting a strange signal that threatens to infect all biotic technology, including Lira herself. Haunted by her past mistakes, she must find a way to save her ship and the lives of all aboard while contending with one of the passengers-a violent religious fanatic who believes the comet has returned to show him how to purge humanity from the stars.
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Imprint:   Broken Eye Books
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   249g
ISBN:   9781940372778
ISBN 10:   1940372771
Pages:   164
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Andrew Penn Romine teaches animation and VFX, following a career working in Hollywood on award-winning films and television. His stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Fungi, Help Fund My Robot Army, and Broken Eye Books's By Faerie Light. He lives in the Pacific Northwest and enjoys mixing cocktails and watching terrible movies. You can find him online at www.andrewpennromine.com.

Reviews for The Mosquito Fleet

"""The Mosquito Fleet is great science fiction with a Lovecraftian twist. The worlds and technology are strange, but the characters are people we understand completely and care about. The action comes hot and heavy yet leaves space for emotional moments. [...] I loved the weirdness, but what really hooked me was the character that binds these stories together. Lira, a ""synthetic"" navigator who's human in all the ways that count, is the beating heart of these three novellas, and I was glad to get her story."" (Daryl Gregory, award-winning author of Spoonbenders)"


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