Red Sun Bleeding

RED SUN BLEEDING (Book three in the 'Sliding Void' series)

DESCRIPTION

It should have all been so easy for Captain Lana Fiveworlds, owner of Fiveworlds Shipping and master of the free trader starship 'Gravity Rose'. A simple supply run to a mining operation in deep space on a world called Abracadabra. Alright, so the mining operation was illegal and the world unclaimed that's why the job paid so damn well. But now she's stuck on a hothouse jungle planet, sweltering under the light of a dying red sun with not only oddly missing miners, but vanished crewmen too.

The exiled barbarian prince Calder Durk had disappeared, presumed dragged over the mining camp's laser fence by one of the not-so-pleasant local predators. The skipper may or may not be in love with him, but you can never leave one of your own behind. Lana's android has a bad feeling about the place, and she also has to contend with an arrogant mission leader who is part of humanity's near immortal super-rich ruling class.

Things are looking bad, and that was before the space pirates her rivals have paid to put her out of business jumped in-system looking to hijack her ship.

Sadly for the crew of the Gravity Rose, matters can get even worse when they discover why nobody's ever survived Abracadabra long enough to put it on the charts. For this is one world with a terrible secret. And it just might be the last one for everyone trapped down on the planet.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' fantasy series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other best-selling fantasy authors, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and C.S. Lewis.

REVIEWS

Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:

'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.'
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.'
- TOM HOLT

'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.'
- DAILY MAIL

'Compulsive reading for all ages.'
- GUARDIAN

'Studded with invention.'
-THE INDENDENT

'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement a wonderful escapist yarn!'
- INTERZONE

'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks affecting and original.'
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.'
RT BOOK REVIEWS

'A curious part-future blend.'
- KIRKUS REVIEWS

'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.'
- THE TIMES

'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.'
- TIME OUT

'A ripping yarn the story pounds along constant inventiveness keep

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