
Hellspark
Janet Kagan
Lassti, a newly discovered planet, is the center of political intrigue. Recently the planet survey team's physicist was found dead. Was he killed? If so, by who? One of his fellow surveyors? Or by one of the birdlike natives of Lassti? This is, if they are intelligent at all, which is proving hard to tell. Into this mix arrives Tocohl, a Hellspark trader who just wanted to have a vacation. After being attacked, rescuing a young woman, and going before a judge, Tocohl has learned all she ever wanted to know about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now she is seeking answers to mysteries that could save a world.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN-13
- 9781625795359
- Genre
- Science FictionCrime & Thriller
- Topics
- Murder mysteryFirst contact and alien intelligenceCulture and language
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1989)
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