{"product_id":"9780356509662-splintered-suns","title":"Splintered Suns","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAction-orientated space opera with \u003cb\u003ea spaceship crewed by rogues and scoundrels\u003c\/b\u003e, from the author of \u003ci\u003eSeeds of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003eperfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Firefly \u003c\/i\u003eor\u003ci\u003e Farscape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Proper galaxy-spanning space opera' Iain M. Banks on \u003ci\u003eSeeds of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAction-orientated sci-fi with a spaceship crewed by rogues and scoundrels, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Firefly \u003c\/i\u003eor\u003ci\u003e Farscape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Pyke and his crew it should have been just another heist. Travel to a backwater desert planet, break into a museum, steal a tracking device then use it to find a ship buried in the planet's vast and trackless sandy wastes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcept that the museum vault is a bio-engineered chamber, and the tracking device is sought after by another gang of treasure hunters led by an old adversary of Pyke's, the devious Raven Kaligara. Also, the ship is a quarter of a million years old and about two kilometres long and somewhere aboard it is the Essavyr Key, a relic to unlock all the treasures and technologies of a lost civilisation .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eSplintered Suns\u003c\/i\u003e splices new and old space opera, cyberpunk, quest fantasy and heist caper -- the maddest thing I've read since Van Vogt!' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen MacLeod\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSplintered Suns\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of future nostalgia. All who love mischievous interstellar derring-do in pursuit of ancient relics of departed races as well as exotic panoplies of sentient species, all who love space opera should feast upon this generous novel. Let us revel in the admirable jaunty technicolour richness which Mike Cobley serves up so entertainingly-for this is how the universe \u003ci\u003eought to be\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Watson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the Games Workshop \u003ci\u003eWarhammer 40K\u003c\/i\u003e novels \u003ci\u003eSpace Marine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Inquisition War\u003c\/i\u003etrilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943243427937,"sku":"9780356509662","price":10.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29636907.jpg?v=1725716511","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780356509662-splintered-suns","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}