书目

Dirge (Book Two of the Founding of the Commonwealth Bk 2)

内容简介

ChosenbyScienceFictionChronicleasOneoftheBestBooksoftheYearBestsellingauthorAlanDeanFosterhaswrittenanexcitingHumanxCommonwealthadventurethatdelvesdeeperintothefragileearlyyearswhenhumansmadefirstcontactinthisunforgettableworld...Inthesecondhalfofthetwenty-fourthcentury,diplomaticrelationsproceedcautiouslybetweenthranxandhumans.Buttheinsectlikebeingsarenearlyforgottenwiththesuddendiscoveryofanidealplanettocolonize–ArgusV–andthestartlingappearanceofanewraceofspace-faringaliens.Peoplearedazzledbythebeautiful,glamorouspitar.Thentragedystrikes.TheentirehumanpopulationonArgusVisbrutallyslaughtered.Notasingleclueremainstoidentifytheunseenexecutioners.ButfromatinyinnermoonofArgusVcomesafaintsignal.Onthatinsignificantchunkofrubbleliesthekeytothecrime–settinginmotionacataclysmicchainofeventswithdeadlyconsequencesforthranx,pitar,andhumanalike.Fortheirworldswillbechangedforeverbyacolossalbattlethatistheirfutureandtheirdestiny...

作者简介

AlanDeanFosterhaswritteninavarietyofgenres,includinghardsciencefiction,fantasy,horror,detective,western,historical,andcontemporaryfiction.HeistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesbestsellerStarWars:TheApproachingStormandthepopularPipandFlinxnovels,aswellasnovelizationsofseveralfilmsincludingStarWars,thefirstthreeAlienfilms,andAlienNation.HisnovelCyberWaywontheSouthwestBookAwardforFictionin1991,thefirstsciencefictionworkevertodoso.Foster'sloveofthefar-awayandexotichasledhimtotravelextensively.He'slivedinTahitiandFrenchPolynesia,traveledtoEurope,Asia,andthroughoutthePacific,andhasexploredthebackroadsofTanzaniaandKenya.HehasrappelledintoNewMexico’sfabledLechugillaCave,panfriedpiranha(lotsofbones,tastesalotliketrout)inPeru,white-waterraftedthelengthoftheZambezi'sBatokaGorge,anddrivensolothelengthandbreadthofNamibia.Fosterandhiswife,JoAnnOxley,resideinPrescott,Arizona,inahousebuiltofbrickthatwassalvagedfromaturn-of-the-centuryminers'brothel.Heispresentlyatworkonseveralnewnovelsandmediaprojects

丛书

The Founding of the Commonwealth

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