Hellburner (Company Wars Series)

by C. J. Cherryh

Overview

A futuristic tale of governmental coverups, betrayal, and murder follows the belter Pollard as he tries to determine if his partner's space flight training accident was a mishap or attempted murder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446364515
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/1993
Series:	Company Wars Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	564,339
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Carolyn Janice Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is the author of more than 70 books, including the Hugo Award-winning novels Downbelow Station and Cyteen, both set in her Alliance-Union universe. She planned to write since the age of ten, and when she was older, learned to use a typewriter while triple-majoring in Classics, Latin, and Greek. Cherryh is one of the most prolific and highly respected authors in the science fiction field.

What People are Saying About This

Lester del Rey

Cherryh has the unique gift for making her words and her people so real that we can never forget them.

David Drake

One of the finest prose stylists in the field.

Editorial Reviews

SF veteran Cherryh's view of the future is unrelentingly cynical, and her protagonists are often ordinary people caught between corrupt corporations and self-serving politicians. In this sequel to Heavy Time , the heroes (and antiheroes) manage a few small victories, but the larger battle continues. All the major characters who survived Heavy Time are back, taking part in a top-secret test pilot program for the military. When Paul Dekker, probably the most trouble-prone character in SF, is seriously injured in a suspicious accident, his surly former partner Ben Pollard is called in as next of kin. While Ben investigates, rival military factions fight for control of the program, with the pilots caught in the middle. Cherryh, who evokes more tension and danger in one verbal confrontation than most writers can manage in a dozen space battles, maintains a fast pace throughout. Her abundant use of technoslang makes her prose style rather heavy going, but this excellent novel is well worth the effort. Author tour. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

This sequel to Heavy Time ( LJ 6/15/91) features the continuing adventures of ``belters'' Dekker and Pollard as the duo become involved in the complicated and deadly corporate politics of space. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/92.

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