Orbit 1997 First Edition in the UK First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine book in like Dust Jacket ''Almost 250 years ago, the starcruiser Argos reached the planet Destiny, carrying the first settlers. the landing craft. seared the wide, smooth Road into the rock. no settler who has travelled down the Road has ever returned. Jemmy Bloocher is a young farm boy who.accidentally kills. his flight becomes a quest to. uncover the many mysteries of Destiny's Road.''.

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Title: Destiny's Road
Publisher: Orbit 1997 First Edition in the UK First Printing
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1857235479
ISBN 13: 9781857235470
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Book Type: Book

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Wide and smooth, the Road was seared into planet Destiny's rocky surface by the fusion drive of the powered landing craft, Cavorite. The Cavorite deserted the original interstellar colonists, stranding them without hope of contacting Earth. Now, descendants of those pioneers have many questions about the Road, but no settler who has gone down it has ever returned. For Jemmy Bloocher, a young farm boy, the questions burn too hot--and he sets out to uncover the many mysteries of Destiny's Road.

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Humanity tried to conquer the stars and failed. Then it was time to try again, on Destiny. But even as the new colony was taking hold, the settlers were in revolt against one another. While some stayed on the new planet with what equipment they could keep, others fled back to the stars. Now the settlements are falling into decay, and the old technology is breaking down. Spiraltown is better off than most, and Jeremy Bloocher is lucky that he will someday head the family farm there. But there is trouble, Jeremy must flee, and neither he nor Destiny will ever be the same.

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