Veteran rivals for an exclusive academic chair (recently endowed with $100,000 a year) do scholarly battle with each other in what the Washington Post Book World called a "delectable comedy of bad manners . . . infused with a rare creative exuberance". From the author of the award-winning Changing P
Small World
β Scribed by David Mack
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
****STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS
The *da Vinci '*s latest mission involves bringing precious cargo to the Mu Arae system -- an entire world that, through a miraculous feat of engineering, is being stored in a small, pyramid-shaped box. Unfortunately, a hostile species wants the pyramid -- and its amazing technology -- for itself, and won't hesitate to go through the da Vinci to get it.
To make matters worse, the caretaker of the world is in critical condition in sickbay. The S.C.E. must figure out the secret of the planet-in-a-box before it's destroyedΕ
SMALL WORLD
Library : Science Fiction
Universes : Star Trek SCE (ebooks) [49]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780743496902
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