Ember: A Penguin Special from Roc |
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| Authors: | Decker, James K. |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC028000 |
| ISBN: | 9781101621868, Related ISBNs: 1101621869, 9781101621868 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 96, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: Plagued by overpopulation, disease, and starvation, humanity was headed for extinction—until an alien race called the haan arrived. And then the real trouble began.
Dragan Shao is a dedicated soldier, but he’s seen—and delivered—too much death and despair as a border zone guard. After he secures a discharge, he travels to the gritty city of Hangfei, where he hopes being a security guard patrolling the impact rim—the wasteland that surrounds the haan spaceship since it crash-landed fifty years ago—will be a less devastating duty. But that’s before he receives a distress signal from a girl more in need of saving than himself…
Don’t miss James K. Decker’s The Burn Zone
Dragan Shao is a dedicated soldier, but he’s seen—and delivered—too much death and despair as a border zone guard. After he secures a discharge, he travels to the gritty city of Hangfei, where he hopes being a security guard patrolling the impact rim—the wasteland that surrounds the haan spaceship since it crash-landed fifty years ago—will be a less devastating duty. But that’s before he receives a distress signal from a girl more in need of saving than himself…
Don’t miss James K. Decker’s The Burn Zone
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