Nova

1st edition (stated), 1st printing; Signed by author on title page and inscribed, "Seattle 2003"; Former library copy with cancelled stamps on fore edge and top and bottom of text block; Dust jacket not price clipped very good condition with normal wear to top and bottom edges, now mylar protected; Boards show fair amount of wear at edges and adhesive residue on both covers; Discoloration on front flyleaf but pages otherwise unmarked Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost sixteen light years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor of the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it. The potential for profit is so great that Lorq has little difficulty cobbling together an alluring crew that includes a gypsy musician and a moon-obsessed scholar interested in the ancient art of writing a novel. What the crew doesn’t know, though, is that Lorq’s quest is actually fueled by a private revenge so consuming that he’ll stop at nothing to achieve it. In the grandest manner of speculative fiction, Nova is a wise and witty classic that casts a fascinating new light on some of humanity’s oldest truths and enduring myths.…