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Patton's Spaceship

by John Barnes · 1997

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Combining the suspense of the detective thriller with the awesome wonder of space/time adventure. Crux of Battlebegins an epic tale of a war across one million alternate Earths."One of the most able and impressive of SF's rising stars!" —The Washington PostAn exciting blend of time travel, alien invasion, and chase/action from the critically hailed author of Mother of Storms, Kaleidoscope Century, and other novels published by Tor.

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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thistime traveltime travelMore like thisLess of thisalternate historyalternate historyMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaMore like thisLess of thisPittsburghPittsburghMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 325 pages

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