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Gunpowder Moon

Author : David Pedreira,Jacques Fuentealba
Publisher : Bragelonne
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791028103507

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La Lune sent la poudre. Depuis Apollo 11, chaque astronaute ayant foulé le sol lunaire a pu remarquer cette odeur de métal brûlé qui évoque la guerre et la violence. Pour Caden Dechert, le chef des opérations d'extraction minière au bord de la mer de la Sérénité, cette odeur n'est qu'une réminiscence de son éprouvant passé de Marine. Nous sommes en 2072, et l'extraction d'hélium 3 sur la Lune alimente les réacteurs à fusion qui permettent à la Terre de se relever d'une catastrophe écologique sans précédent. Mais la concurrence pour obtenir la ressource si précieuse fait rage. Lorsqu'une bombe tue l'un des mineurs de Dechert, le vétéran décide de trouver lui-même le coupable, avant que davantage de sang ne soit versé. En tentant de résoudre le premier meurtre sur la Lune, Dechert se retrouve pris entre les tirs croisés de deux puissances mondiales ennemies. Il sait que sa vie et celles de ses hommes ne valent rien face à elles. Et le tueur rôde toujours. Dechert découvre alors une conspiration qui, à la moindre étincelle, pourrait provoquer une guerre lunaire, entraîner la mort des siens... et replonger, peut-être, la Terre dans les ténèbres. « Une surprenante enquête criminelle menée de main de maître... qui se déroule sur la Lune. » Booklist « Un excellent thriller de SF... La tension est particulièrement forte dans les dernières pages du roman, débouchant sur une conclusion qui réussit le tour de force d'être à la fois cynique et empreinte d'espoir. Voilà une histoire d'une profondeur insoupçonnée, qui fait de ce roman un grand cru dans sa catégorie. » Publishers Weekly « Des images inoubliables et des scènes d'action parfaitement orchestrées caractérisent cette passionnante incursion dans un univers de SF, qui n'est jamais si bien réussie que lorsqu'elle expose un profond désir de paix. » Kirkus Reviews « D'intéressants conflits de loyauté étoffent ce roman où la SF et le mystère se croisent dans une intrigue bien ficelée... Le talent de Pedreira pour le thriller souligne puissamment les enjeux politiques et économiques de l'humanité, au milieu de ces étendues lunaires en apparence désolées. » Library Journal « Ce premier roman mélange avec brio les genres de la SF, du policier et du thriller dans une oeuvre palpitante qui se lit d'une traite... Les lecteurs de hard science et de la SF militaire comme les simples amateurs de bonnes enquêtes policières vont savourer ce livre. » New York Journal of Books « Pedreira réussit une prouesse impressionnante... transposer la corruption économique dans un territoire extraterrestre, ce qui élève ce roman de SF policier, déjà captivant, au rang d'oeuvre troublante et stimulant la réflexion, qui maintiendra les lecteurs en haleine. » RT Book Reviews

Gunpowder Moon

Author : David Pedreira
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062676092

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An Amazon Best Books of the Year selection BookBub Breakout Debut Novels of Winter 2018 The Verge―18 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read in February Barnes & Noble—One of 25 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Debuts to Watch for in 2018 Nerdmuch—Best New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of 2018 Bookish—Winter 2018’s Hottest Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Library Journal: Spring/Summer Best Debut Novels “Interesting quirks and divided loyalties flesh out this first novel in which sf and mystery intersect in a well-crafted plot...Pedreira’s science thriller powerfully highlights the human politics and economics from the seemingly desolate expanse of the moon. It will attract readers who enjoyed Andy Weir’s lunar crime caper Artemis.” -- Library Journal, starred review A realistic and chilling vision of life on the Moon, where dust kills as easily as the vacuum of space…but murder is even quicker—a fast-paced, cinematic science fiction thriller, this debut novel combines the inventiveness of The Martian, the intrigue of The Expanse, and the thrills of Red Rising. The Moon smells like gunpowder. Every lunar walker since Apollo 11 has noticed it: a burnt-metal scent that reminds them of war. Caden Dechert, the chief of the U.S. mining operation on the edge of the Sea of Serenity, thinks the smell is just a trick of the mind—a reminder of his harrowing days as a Marine in the war-torn Middle East back on Earth. It’s 2072, and lunar helium-3 mining is powering the fusion reactors that are bringing Earth back from environmental disaster. But competing for the richest prize in the history of the world has destroyed the oldest rule in space: Safety for All. When a bomb kills one of Dechert’s diggers on Mare Serenitatis, the haunted veteran goes on the hunt to expose the culprit before more blood is spilled. But as Dechert races to solve the first murder in the history of the Moon, he gets caught in the crosshairs of two global powers spoiling for a fight. Reluctant to be the match that lights this powder-keg, Dechert knows his life and those of his crew are meaningless to the politicians. Even worse, he knows the killer is still out there, hunting. In his desperate attempts to save his crew and prevent the catastrophe he sees coming, the former Marine uncovers a dangerous conspiracy that, with one spark, can ignite a full lunar war, wipe out his team . . . and perhaps plunge the Earth back into darkness.

Luna: New Moon

Author : Ian McDonald
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466847637

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The Moon wants to kill you. Whether it's being unable to pay your per diem for your allotted food, water, and air, or you just get caught up in a fight between the Moon's ruling corporations, the Five Dragons. You must fight for every inch you want to gain in the Moon's near feudal society. And that is just what Adriana Corta did. As the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family's new status. Now, at the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation, Corta Helio, surrounded by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana's five children must defend their mother's empire from her many enemies... and each other. Luna 1. Luna: New Moon 2. Luna: Wolf Moon 3. Luna: Moon Rising At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Racing the Moon

Author : Alan Armstrong
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375893094

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An adventurous new work from Newbery Honor-Winning author, Alan Armstrong. In the spring of 1947, outer space was an unexplored realm. But eleven year-old Alexis (Alex) Heart and her impulsive brother, Chuck, believe that the stars are within reach. In the midst of building their own rocket, Alex befriends Captain Ebbs, and an army scientist who is working to create food for future space travelers, and who is also a descendent of Captain John Smith. Alex soon introduces Chuck to her new friend, and the trio's shared interest in space travel sets off a series of adventures that the three will never forget. From meeting pioneering German rocket scientist Dr. Wenher von Braun, and a thrilling sailing trip down the Potomac to an island on the Chesapeake where a top secret rocket launch is about to take place, Alex and Chuck are about to have their lives forever changed.

Guide to Literary Agents 2019

Author : Robert Lee Brewer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781440354540

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Guide to Literary Agents 2019 by Robert Lee Brewer Pdf

THE BEST RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR FINDING A LITERARY AGENT No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent to get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. Guide to Literary Agents 2019 is your go-to resource for finding that literary agent and earning a contract from a reputable publisher. Along with listing information for more than 1,000 agents who represent writers and their books, the 28th edition of GLA includes: • The key elements of a successful nonfiction book proposal. • Informative articles on crafting the perfect synopsis and detailing what agents are looking for in the ideal client--written by actual literary agents. • Plus, debut authors share their varied paths to finding success and their first book publications.

The Gunpowder Review 2015

Author : Vonnie Winslow Crist
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781312881877

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The Moon-Voyage

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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During the Federal war in the United States a new and very influential club was established in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It is well known with what energy the military instinct was developed amongst that nation of shipowners, shopkeepers, and mechanics. Mere tradesmen jumped their counters to become extempore captains, colonels, and generals without having passed the Military School at West Point; they soon rivalled their colleagues of the old continent, and, like them, gained victories by dint of lavishing bullets, millions, and men.

Stranger Care

Author : Sarah Sentilles
Publisher : Random House
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780593230053

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • “A powerful, heartbreaking, necessary masterpiece.”—Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild The moving story of what one woman learned from fostering a newborn—about injustice, about making mistakes, about how to better love and protect people beyond our immediate kin May you always feel at home. After their decision not to have a biological child, Sarah Sentilles and her husband, Eric, decide to adopt via the foster care system. Despite knowing that the system’s goal is the child’s reunification with the birth family, Sarah opens their home to a flurry of social workers who question them, evaluate them, and ultimately prepare them to welcome a child into their lives—even if it means most likely having to give the child back. After years of starts and stops, and endless navigation of the complexities and injustices of the foster care system, a phone call finally comes: a three-day-old baby girl named Coco, in immediate need of a foster family. Sarah and Eric bring this newborn stranger home. “You were never ours,” Sarah tells Coco, “yet we belong to each other.” A love letter to Coco and to the countless children like her, Stranger Care chronicles Sarah’s discovery of what it means to mother—in this case, not just a vulnerable infant but the birth mother who loves her, too. Ultimately, Coco’s story reminds us that we depend on family, and that family can take different forms. With prose that Nick Flynn has called “fearless, stirring, rhythmic,” Sentilles lays bare an intimate, powerful story with universal concerns: How can we care for and protect one another? How do we ensure a more hopeful future for life on this planet? And if we’re all related—tree, bird, star, person—how might we better live?

A Man on the Moon

Author : Andrew Chaikin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593511121

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"The authoritative masterpiece" (L. A. Times) on the Apollo space program and NASA's journey to the moon This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with twenty-three of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail. A Man on the Moon is also the basis for the acclaimed miniseries produced by Tom Hanks, From the Earth to the Moon, now airing and streaming again on HBO in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

The Intellectual Observer

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Science
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106189061

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Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2116 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Law
ISBN : OSU:32437010716690

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Scientific American

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Science
ISBN : OSU:32435022760516

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Transactions of the American Philosophical Society

Author : American Philosophical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : American magazine, or the general repository
ISBN : HARVARD:32044089272561

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