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Cover of Crescent

Crescent

โœ Scribed by Hickam, Homer


Book ID
108139418
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Weight
402 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781401688837

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โœฆ Synopsis


She was born to kill, born to die.

Crescent is a crowhopper--a genetically modified mercenary programmed for ruthless warfare. When she's taken prisoner by Crater Trueblood instead of being killed in battle, she thinks it's a disaster.

Crater is weary of war. He's a miner, not a soldier. He'd rather be mining Helium-3 than battling the infernal crowhoppers. But after he captures Crescent and brings her to Moontown, he's surprised how much he enjoys her company. When she's falsely accused of murder, he becomes an outlaw to help her escape.

The unlikely pair escapes into the "big suck" and wind up trekking with a caravan of mining pioneers toward a lunar ghost town called Endless Dust. To survive, they must do more than navigate the beautiful, desolate moonscape and battle a persistent band of crowhoppers sent to capture or kill them. They must decide what--and who--is truly worth fighting for.

"Expertly blending space opera and hard...


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