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Orbus

Author : Neal Asher

Publisher : Start Publishing LLC

Page : 525 pages

File Size : 12,87 MB

Release : 2013-11-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1597805203

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This is a follow-up to The Voyage of the Sable Keech tracing the journey of an Old Captain, Orbus – a sadist in charge of a crew of masochists - to a planetary wasteland called The Graveyard’ lying between the Polity and the Prador Kingdom. An ancient war drone by the name of Sniper has stowed away aboard his spaceship, and the purpose of the journey is not entirely what the captain expected. Also heading in the same direction is the Prador king and the Prador Vrell. Vrell, having been mutated by the Spatterjay virus into something powerful and dangerous, has seized control of a Prador dreadnought, killing much of its crew, and is intent on heading back to the Prador Third Kingdom to exact vengeance on the King of the Prador, who tried to have him killed. All three ships are heading towards a climatic confrontation to The Graveyard, where underlying truths about the virus are revealed and an ancient menace to civilization reappears…



Trail of the Wolf

Author : Michael Herd

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 297 pages

File Size : 42,89 MB

Release : 2005-09

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1411646193

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Set in the dark ages, a man sets out to avenge the savage slaughter of his family, only to discover a curse that will affect following generations. During the course of his quest, the spiritual unexpectedly begins to take precedence over his desire for revenge.









Death Trance

Author : Graham Masterton

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 530 pages

File Size : 18,81 MB

Release : 2017-05-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1786695618

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And the demons will come... As president of one of Tennessee's largest companies, Randolph Clare is outraged when arsonists destroy one of his Memphis plants. But then his wife and children are savagely murdered and all thoughts of vengeance are drowned in his grief. Desperate to see his loved ones again, he enlists the aid of an Indonesian priest who introduces Randolph to the death trance. By visiting the realm of the dead and the demons who lay in wait there, Randolph risks not only his own life, but the souls of his family. 'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' PETER JAMES. 'A true master of horror' JAMES HERBERT.





The Voyage of the Sable Keech

Author : Neal Asher

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 514 pages

File Size : 43,51 MB

Release : 2009-08-21

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0330465449

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The Voyage of the Sable Keech returns to Neal Asher's water-bound world of Spatterjay, teeming with bizarre characters and gruesome monsters. Taylor Bloc is a walking dead man, determined to live again. He also wants adulation, power and control – and will do anything to get them. Of Bloc’s kind, Sable Keech alone has achieved resurrection. So Bloc will retrace Keech’s journey across Spatterjay’s wild seas, with his crew of killers, to grasp his secret. Erlin wanted solitude to understand her eternal life, until an attack prompts her own strange journey. And Janer returns, with forbidden weaponry. He must stop an agent controlled by a hive mind with a death fixation. But a wider crisis will overshadow personal missions. In the deeps, an alien Prador is stirring, horribly transformed by Spatterjay’s immortality virus. And an enemy ship would destroy the planet to keep this secret. Continue the science fiction adventure series with Orbus, or start at the beginning with The Skinner.



Jane's Space Directory

Author : David Baker

Publisher : Ihs Global Incorporated

Page : 1008 pages

File Size : 16,79 MB

Release : 2004-06-21

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 9780710626387

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Profiling hundreds of space programmes and their different technologies, Jane's Space Directory enables you to identify thousands of different commercial and defence applications. Key objectives, developments and technical specifications of available vehicles and systems are reviewed, including the new generation of launch vehicles. Structured around the categorisation of functions and presented for quick comparison and evaluation, each entry comes with accompanying illustrations. Supplier and manufacturer listings help support your market research and procurement requirements. Key content includes: Government and non-government space programmes; Global space industry directory; Civilian operations; Orbital and suborbital launch vehicles; Propulsion; Commercial and military satellites; Planetary and space science; Human space flight; Launch listings; Contractors. For a complete listing of aerospace organisations and personnel around the globe see Jane's International ABC Aerospace Directory.



The Future of U.S. Rocketry

Author : Edward Hujsak

Publisher :

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 23,70 MB

Release : 1994

Category : Science

ISBN :

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From Space News. January 27, 1997: "Many would do well reading this treasure of facts covering the development of U.S. launch vehicles. Starting from American Robert Goddard's pioneering work, Hujsak provides an overview of a half-century of booster business. The Atlas, Delta, Titan, space shuttle and its derivations are covered, as are the Delta Clipper and the single-stage-to-orbit National Aerospace Plane project. Also covered is past work on nuclear-powered rockets, as well as looks at unconventional propulsion using lasers and interstellar ramjets. This is a straightforward, no-nonsense easy-to-read book, particularly for those unfamiliar with the evolution of U.S. space launch capability."



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