Runner
β Scribed by William C. Dietz
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group;Ace Books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In a crumbling futuristic society, Earth is only a myth, the technological advances of centuries have faded into distant memory, and space travel depends on a fleet of run-down, unreliable ships. Only the brave--or foolhardy--undertake such risky journeys. The brave, the foolhardy--and the runners...
Jak Rebo is one such runner, whose current job is to deliver a future religious leader to his people, while avoiding assassins. If that's not enough, he gets involved with a very beautiful woman who holds the secret to instantaneous travel between star systems--a secret that some would kill for.
With death waiting at every port, Jak soon realizes that this time he is running for his life...
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