Hellburner - Softcover

Book 5 of 7: Company Wars

Cherryh, C. J.

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9780446364515: Hellburner
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0446364517 ISBN 13: 9780446364515
Publisher: Questar Science Fiction, Warner Books, 1993

Synopsis

A futuristic tale of governmental coverups, betrayal, and murder follows the belter Pollard as he tries to determine if his partner's space flight training accident was a mishap or attempted murder.

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About the Author

C. J. Cherryh three-time winner of the coveted Hugo Award is one of today's best-selling and most critically acclaimed writers of science fiction and fantasy. The author of more than fifty novels, she makes her home in Spokane, Washington.

From Kirkus Reviews

Direct sequel to Heavy Time (1991) and part of Cherryh's medium-future Company Wars spacefaring saga (Cyteen, etc.) about a thoroughly disunited Solar System facing invasion by genetically engineered superman. Now serving with the United Defense Command fleet, ex-Belter and former space-miner Ben Pollard is poised to grab the Earth- based job he has long coveted--when abruptly he is reassigned to the remote space station Sol Two. Seems that a former shipmate, the apparently jinxed Paul Dekker, has gone more or less insane after an ``accident'' and has named Ben as next of kin! Protesting, Ben interviews Dekker, and realizes that some sort of coverup is going on. Dekker was working on a top-secret military project rife with rivalries and backbiting. Ben, accepting his situation, investigates; helped by tough Belter ex-miners and former shipmates Sal and Meg, he exposes a furious tangle of politicking and power- struggling among Earth's top military brass, powerful family- connected politicians, and the ubiquitous Earth Company. Characters well up to par, and the backdrop as solid as ever- -but the plot, slow to develop and desperately short of propellant, quickly subsides into flabby confusion. A disappointment after sparkling work last time out. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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Publisher
Questar Science Fiction, Warner Books
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0446364517
ISBN 13 
9780446364515
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
393
Rating
  • 3.87 out of 5 stars
    1,596 ratings by Goodreads

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9780446516174: Hellburner (Questar Book)

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ISBN 10:  0446516171 ISBN 13:  9780446516174
Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 1992
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