The Infinite Sea (Chaos Chronicles/Jeffrey A. Carver, Vol 3) - Hardcover

Carver, Jeffrey A.

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9780312856090: The Infinite Sea (Chaos Chronicles/Jeffrey A. Carver, Vol 3)

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ISBN 10: 0312856091 ISBN 13: 9780312856090

Publisher: Tor Books, 1996

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John Bandicut and his company of alien friends have journeyed from the vast, enigmatic Shipworld back into the Milky Way galaxy. Arriving on a mysterious ocean planet in the "star-spanner" bubble, they find themselves underwater - and sinking rapidly. Below them lies an undersea city, where a race known as the Neri live in a world lit by artificial light and bioluminescence.
Bandicut and the others are immediately captured by the suspicious Neri. The Neri are a people besieged: from above, by the inimical race they call the landers, whose activities are poisoning the sea...from within, by the failure of their own irreplaceable deep-sea factories...and from below, by the Maw of the Abyss, a terrifyingly destructive entity at the bottom of the sea, now stirring back to life after a long silence.
But why were Bandicut and his company sent here? To intervene in the war with the landers? To try to save the Neri from the Maw of the Abyss, as alien powers once saved the Earth? For Bandicut, the discovery of the true nature of the Maw is only the beginning of an answer. Time is running out. They must solve the deadly riddles that threaten to destroy this world.

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About the Author:

Jeffrey A. Carver was a Nebula Award finalist for his novel Eternity's End. He also authored Battlestar Galactica, a novelization of the critically acclaimed television miniseries. His novels combine thought-provoking characters with engaging storytelling, and range from the adventures of the Star Rigger universe ( Star Rigger's Way, Dragons in the Stars, and others) to the ongoing, character-driven hard SF of The Chaos Chronicles--which begins with Neptune Crossing and continues with Strange Attractors, The Infinite Sea, and Sunborn.

A native of Huron, Ohio, Carver lives with his family in the Boston area. He has taught writing in a variety of settings, from educational television to conferences for young writers to MIT, as well as his ongoing Ultimate Science Fiction Workshop with Craig Shaw Gardner. He has created a free web site for aspiring authors of all ages at writesf.com. Learn more about the author and his work at starrigger.net.

From Kirkus Reviews:

The third exercise in alien science and diplomacy for former planetary surveyor John Bandicut (Strange Attractors, 1995; Neptune Crossing, 1994), his embedded translator stones, his cranial lodger (the serially immortal quarx--this latest version is female), his alien allies Ik, Li-Jared, and Antares, and the intelligent robots Napoleon and Copernicus. Flung off across the galaxy in a force- field bubble by the mysterious powers of Shipworld, Bandicut and companions sink beneath the ocean of a world whose amphibious Neri are threatened by hostile land-dwellers; even worse, the Maw, a deadly, unknown force lurking in the deep, is causing earthquakes and ocean currents that will soon sweep away the fragile Neri undersea cities. The Neri are at first hostile and suspicious of their visitors, but are then won over when Bandicut cures some of them from radiation sickness contracted during the salvage of a huge sunken wreck. As the friends come to grips with the local situation, Bandicut discovers that the wreck is really a starship, that the land-dwelling Astari arrived in it--and that the Maw caused the crash! With the help of the now cooperative Astari, they gingerly probe the Maw--actually an ancient stargate that, damaged in space, fell into the ocean with its mission unfulfilled. Since the Astari vessel cannot be moved, the dying stargate agrees to complete its mission by sending Bandicut and friends through in their force-bubble. Another splendid adventure, with intriguing puzzles, first- rate problem-solving, and an impressive array of alien characters, motives, and methods. -- Copyright �1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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