**Known for "superior science fiction" (*The Philadelphia Inquirer*), author John Varley returns to his Thunder and Lightning series with a novel of how one man's volatile genius could alter a starship's epic plunge into a future where human survival is just a theory...** On a voyage to New E
Dark Lightning
β Scribed by Varley, John
- Book ID
- 110388203
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 699 KB
- Series
- Thunder and Lightning 4
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780698154421
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β¦ Synopsis
Known for "superior science fiction" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), author John Varley returns to his Thunder and Lightning series with a novel of how one man's volatile genius could alter a starship's epic plunge into a future where human survival is just a theory...
On a voyage to New Earth, the starship Rolling Thunder is powered by an energy no one understands, except for its eccentric inventor Jubal Broussard. Like many of the ship's inhabitants, Jubal rests in a state of suspended animation for years at a time, asleep yet never aging.
The moments when Jubal emerges from suspended animation are usually a cause for celebration for his family, including his twin daughtersβCassie and Pollyβand their uncle who is captain of the Rolling Thunder. But this time, Jubal makes a shocking announcement...
The ship must stop, or everyone will die.
These words from the mission's founder, the man responsible for the very...
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