false 2470286 3 <p> Two murders have occurred on One One One, an artificial ecosystem created by the universe's dominant AIs to house several engineered species, including a violent, sentient race of sloth-like creatures. Under order from the Diplomatic Corps, Counselor Andrea Cort has come to this cylinder world where an indentured human community hangs suspended high above a poisoned, acid atmosphere. Her assignment is to choose a suitable homicide suspect from among those who have sold their futures to escape existences even worse than this one. And no matter where the trail leads her she must do <i>nothing</i> to implicate the hosts, who hold the power to obliterate humankind in an instant. </p> <p> But Andrea Cort is not about to hold back in her hunt for a killer. For she has nothing to lose and harbors no love for her masters or fellow indentures. And she herself has felt the terrible exhilaration of taking life . . . . </p> 2477483 1 3 2008 Emissaries from the Dead: An Andrea Cort Novel total:62|5:12|4:31|3:16|2:2|1:1| 62 237 153 25 5 0 true false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 05:31:24 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 05:49:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 21:00:25 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 21:41:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 10:08:01 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 10:13:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 12:31:53 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 11:02:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 20:59:44 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 20:06:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 08 14:44:53 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 14:45:22 -0700 2008 artificial intelligence. A party of humans has been allowed in to study a sentient race the AI created called...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 08:01:53 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 16:39:57 -0700 2008
In any case, I'm not sure what I should say about the first of the Andrea Cort novels. I had no problem with Castro's writing style--he can certainly put together words on a page i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 22:36:07 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 22:37:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 19:11:07 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 19:41:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:17:23 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 20:22:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 14:28:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 14:30:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 19:57:58 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 12:07:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 08:01:54 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 08:01:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 15:22:58 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 17:09:32 -0700 2009 And the author didn't skimp on the murder mystery part. First in a series: I will definitely read the next.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 11:57:10 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:00:03 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:38:46 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:42:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 16:32:40 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 17:59:16 -0700 2008 artificial intelligence here, as well as using a human political structure that appears mos...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 08:32:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 09:32:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 16:13:27 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:06:18 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 16:13:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 11:29:12 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 18:05:31 -0700 2009 more...]]>