The Colors of Space
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · March 26, 2013
It was a week before the Lhari ship went into warp-drive, and all that time young Bart Steele had stayed in his cabin.
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- Who it’s for
- A cold-sleep journey turns the chance to see other worlds into a source of tension.
- Genres
- Space Opera, Alien Contact, Space Exploration Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, March 26, 2013
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It was a week before the Lhari ship went into warp-drive, and all that time young Bart Steele had stayed in his cabin. He was so bored with his own company that the Mentorian medic was a welcome sight when he came to prepare him for cold-sleep. The Mentorian paused, needle in hand. "Do you wish to be wakened for the time we shall spend in each of the three star systems, sir? You can, of course, be given enough drug to keep you in cold-sleep until we reach your destination."
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Bart felt tempted-he wanted very much to see the other star systems. But he couldn't risk meeting other passengers. The needle went into his arm. In sudden panic, he realized he was helpless. The ship would touch down on three worlds, and on any of them the Lhari might have his description, or his alias! He could be taken off, unconscious, and might never wake up! He tried to move, to protest, but he couldn't. There was a freezing moment of intense cold and then nothing....
Between the Stars
A cold-sleep journey turns the chance to see other worlds into a source of tension.
Come here for
- A space voyage with several worlds in view
- The uneasy prospect of waking under an assumed identity
Expect
- Classic space-opera adventure
- A compact setup built around concealment and uncertainty
Where it sits
| Space Opera | 92% |
|---|---|
| Alien Contact | 63% |
| Space Exploration Fiction | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Space Opera
- Authors
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- March 26, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Space Opera