SUMMARY: In this thrilling debut, David J. Williams delivers a hard-hitting blend of military SF and dystopian cyberpunk, set in a futuristic landscape where hostilities rage from the Eastern and Western hemispheres to the outer ranges of space. In the 22nd century, the first wonder of a brave new w
Phoenix Space Elevator #02 - The Burning Skies
β Scribed by David J. Williams
- Publisher
- Bantam Spectra
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
In his electrifying debut,The Mirrored Heavens,David J. Williams created a dark futuristic world grounded in the military rivalries, terror tactics, and political wrangling of our own time. Now he takes his masterful blend of military SF, espionage thriller, and dystopian cyberpunk one step furtherβto the edge of annihilation . . . . Life as U.S. counterintelligence agent Claire Haskell once knew it is in tattersβher mission betrayed, her lover dead, and her memories of the past suspect. Worse, the defeat of the mysterious insurgent group known as Autumn Rain was not as complete as many believed. It is quickly becoming clear that the groupβs ultimate goal is not simply to destroy the tenuous global alliances of the 22nd centuryβbut to rule all of humanity. And theyβre starting with the violent destruction of the Net and the assassination of the U.S. president. Now itβs up to Claire, with her ability to jack her brain into the systems of the enemy, to win this impossible war. Battling ferociously across the Earth-Moon system, and navigating a complex world filled with both steadfast loyalists and ruthless traitors, Claire must be ready for the Rainβs next move. But the true enemy may already be one step ahead of her. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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SUMMARY: In his electrifying debut,The Mirrored Heavens,David J. Williams created a dark futuristic world grounded in the military rivalries, terror tactics, and political wrangling of our own time. Now he takes his masterful blend of military SF, espionage thriller, and dystopian cyberpunk one st
Life as U.S. counterintelligence agent Claire Haskell once knew it is in tatters--her mission betrayed, her lover dead, and her memories of the past suspect. Worse, the defeat of the mysterious insurgent group known as Autumn Rain was not as complete as many believed. It is quickly becoming clear th
### Review \_ *"David J. Williams writes on the finest edge of science fiction. The Autumn Rain novels are driving and relentless, full of rock 'em sock 'em cyber warfare, space commandos, cutthroat politics and one stunning reversal after another. Strap yourself in. These books start fast and nev
### From Publishers Weekly The 22nd century's WWIII crashes to an unexpected end in this slam-bang conclusion to Williams's Autumn Rain trilogy (after 2008's _The Mirrored Heavens_ and 2009's _The Burning Skies_). The Russia- and China-led Eurasian Alliance uses two heretofore secret megaspaceships