How Dark the World Becomes

✍ Scribed by Frank Chadwick

• Publisher: Baen
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 209 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1618249886

✦ Synopsis

Original Trade Paperback. The exciting debut of a nonstop noir SF from legendary game creator Frank Chadwick. With one single act of kindness, a tough-as-nails hood with a heart of gold saves two alien children from assassinationand resets the balance of galactic power in the process.

Sasha Naradnyo is a gangster. Hes a gangster with heart, sure, but Sasha sticks his neck out for no man. Thats how you stay alive in Crack City, a colony stuffed deep into the crust of the otherwise unlivable planet Peezgtaan. Alive onlybecause if youre human, you dont prosper, at least not for long. Sasha is asecond generation City native. Hisparents came to this rock figuring to make it big, only to find that theyd been recruited as an indentured labor force for alien overlords known as the Varoki.

Now a pair of rich young Varoki under the care of a beautiful human nanny are fleeing Peezgtaan, and Sasha is recruited to help. All things considered, hed rather leave the little alien lordlings to their fate, but certain considerationssuch as Sashas own imminent demise if he remainsmake it beneficial forhim to take on the job.

But Sasha discovers his simple choice has thrust him into the midst of a political battle that could remake the galactic balance of power and save humanity from slow death by servitude. Now all he has to do is survive and keep his charges alive on a hostile planet undergoing its own revolution.

But its the galaxy that had better watch out. For now the toughest thug in Crack City has gotten his first taste of real freedom. He likes it, and wants more.

The stunning debut of a nonstop science fiction noir thriller from legendary game creator Frank Chadwick.

About How Dark the World Becomes:

How Dark the World Becomes is a crackling debut novel that speaks of great things to come! It's whip-smart, lightning-fast and character-drivenin short it has everything required to be totally satisfying. Highly recommended." Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author of Assassins Code

About the Author

Frank Chadwick is a the New York Times number one best-selling nonfiction author of over two hundred books, articles, and columns on military history and military affairs, as well as over one hundred military and science fiction board and role-playing games. His game Space: 1889 was the first Steampunk game and remains a cult favorite. His other game writing credits include legendary fantasy game En Garde!, groundbreaking SF role playing game Traveller: The New Era, and many others. Chadwicks SF novels include How Dark the World Becomes and upcoming steampunk thriller The Forever Engine, both from Baen Books.