Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds - ISBN: 9780575090651
Paperback
Sisters, space pirates, and treasure: Adventure awaits in the shadows.

Shadow Captain

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    10 September 2019

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Summary

A swashbuckling thriller - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly - that nevertheless combines the author’s trademark hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation

A blindingly clever imagining of our solar system in the far flung future

Returning to the universe of Revenger, award-winning author Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling tale set among the stars.

Two sisters ran away from home to join the crew of a spaceship. They took on pirates,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780575090651
ISBN-10:0575090650
Author:Alastair Reynolds
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:10 September 2019
Weight:300g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 32mm
Series:Revenger
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Reynolds is easily one of the modern masters of science fiction… addictive, page-turning stuff.

A swashbuckling thriller - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly - that nevertheless combines the author’s trademark hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation [review for Revenger] - Guardian

A must-read… an unexpectedly personal and emotionally-driven tale of determination and retribution - with some great twists along the way and a gutsy heroine who will appeal to fans of young adult literature [review for Revenger] - STARBURST

Basically, it’s TREASURE ISLAND meets MOBY DICK, set in space, with a nice BLADE RUNNER-ish colour palette and a cast of characters worthy of a Terry Gilliam movie. I loved it [review for Revenger] - JOANNE HARRIS

Reynolds makes the human story compelling in a narrative that, spiced with bizarre characters aplenty and propelled by vengeance, smacks intriguingly of everything from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island to Mad Max [review for Revenger] - Nature

About The Author

Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. REVELATION SPACE and PUSHING ICE were shortlisted for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD; REVELATION SPACE, ABSOLUTION GAP, DIAMOND DOGS and CENTURY RAIN were shortlisted for the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD and CHASM CITY won the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARD.

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