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Welcome to Chilo, a planet with corrosive rain, crushing pressure, and deadly heat. Fortunately, fourteen-year-old Timas lives in one of the domed cities that float 100,000 feet above the surface, circling near the edge of a monstrous perpetual storm. Above the acidic clouds the temperature and pressure are normal. But to make a living, Timas like many other young men, is lowered to the surface in an armored suit to scavenge what he can.
Timas's life is turned upside down when a strange man crash lands on the city. The newcomer is fleeing an alien intelligence intent on invading the planet and discovering the secret hidden deep inside the perpetual storm—a secret that could lead to interplanetary war.
As the invaded cities fall silent one by one, Chilo's citizens must race against time to stop the enemy. And Timas will find out what kind of man he has become in the harsh conditions of Chilo's surface.
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"There is a lot of hard SF in this, which I don't usually like, but the characters were compelling, and the story got me hooked. The scientific parameters were presented in such away, it didn't feel like a physics (or future physics) lesson. I accepted it all. On par with Niven and Brin. "
— Kae (4 out of 5 stars)
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Sly Mongoose combines weird and wonderful tech and human cultures of fantastic diversity with some of the coolest planet-building this side of Hal Clement.
— Elizabeth Bear
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" I gave this book 5 stars because it really was an engaging read even though there is a lot of information and background dumped on you (I didn't realize this was book 3 in a series lol). Sure, I got confused by factions and species and descriptive imagery, but I was very engaged. "
— Gene, 2/20/2014 -
" What we have here is an entertaining homage to shotgun marriages between science fiction and "steam punk", but it stands in the shade of better genre writing like Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War." "
— Patrick, 8/30/2013 -
" Memorable for the floating city above a gas giant, and the selected few who go to the surface to face the awesome pressure. Pepper is back! "
— A., 8/18/2013 -
" not quite as imaginative or strongly written as the first two books in the Xenowealth trilogy/series, but still a rollicking actioner that I tore through in about a day. "
— Mark, 8/1/2013 -
" 50 cents on the clearance rack at Big Lots actually bought a pretty good book. Not the hardest sci-fi novel but at least there were zombies. "
— Keith, 5/1/2013 -
" Fun but empty-headed space opera. "
— doug, 7/15/2012 -
" Loved the setting, the story missed a decent plot. "
— Steven, 2/28/2012 -
" a nice, quick read. nothing like zombies in space. "
— bick, 11/9/2011 -
" Full review at my blog! "
— Mike, 8/1/2011 -
" Any series that can take your from foot-battles with Aztecs to space battles with alien zombies totally has my vote. "
— Jack, 5/19/2011 -
" Interesting plot, well-developed characters. It was a fun read. Kind of a random selection on my part, but some of the books I've enjoyed the most were random selections to help me break out of my normal genre. "
— Nathan, 4/13/2011 -
" Interesting plot, well-developed characters. It was a fun read. Kind of a random selection on my part, but some of the books I've enjoyed the most were random selections to help me break out of my normal genre. "
— Nathan, 5/7/2010 -
" Any series that can take your from foot-battles with Aztecs to space battles with alien zombies totally has my vote. "
— Jack, 4/16/2010 -
" a nice, quick read. nothing like zombies in space. "
— bick, 7/19/2009 -
" Zombies in Space--not my usual thing. But when the protaganist is a dreadlocked, centuries-old double-amputee kick-ass leader with a spacesuit assistive device, I'm so there. "
— Colin, 2/2/2009 -
" I feel like reading sci-fi, and I heard this guy is good. Yeah, vacation! "
— Jonathan, 12/22/2008
About Tobias S. Buckell
Tobias Buckell is the New York Times bestselling author of The Tangled Lands, Crystal Rain, and Halo: The Cole Protocol. His other novels and more than fifty short stories have been translated into seventeen languages. Bucknell has been nominated for the Hugo, the Nebula, the Prometheus, and the Campbell Award for Best New Author. He lives with his family in Ohio.
About Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis has been inducted into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame. A three-time recipient and fourteen-time nominee of the Audie Award, he has earned accolades for his narration from the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, the American Library Association, Booklist, the Audio Publishers Association, AudioFile magazine, and USA Today. He has narrated a variety of bestsellers and award-winners for top publishing houses. He also narrated over forty titles of the Star Wars franchise for Lucasfilm Ltd./PRH Audio, including several iconic movie tie-ins, has participated with Star Wars Celebration, and has built a significant fan base. His work as a narrator includes films and programming for National Geographic Television, NOVA, PBS, VH1, and Francis Ford Coppola. He grew up in Puerto Rico and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.