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Dark Light

by Ken MacLeod · 2001

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Following on from COSMONAUT KEEP, which was shortlisted for the 2002 Hugo Award, this is the second book in the dazzling new space opera series by one of SF's most exciting new authors.

Genre
aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisspace operaspace operaMore like thisLess of thishard science fictionhard science fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
musicmusicMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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