false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174599757m/422452.jpg 422452 10 She came from one of the more disreputable aristocratic families. Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilization based around the planet Golter. On an island with a glass shore - relic of some even more ancient conflict - she discovers she is to be hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes she is the last obstacle before their faith's apotheosis. She has to run, knowing her only hope of finally escaping the Huhsz is to find the last of the ancient, apocalyptically powerful but seemingly cursed Lazy Guns. But that is just the first as well as the final step on a search that takes her on an odyssey through the exotic Golterian system and results in both a trail of destruction and a journey into her own past, as well as that of her family and the system itself; a journey that changes everything. 809748 27 5 1993 Against A Dark Background total:571|5:151|4:245|3:137|2:25|1:13| 571 2209 791 36 5 3 false false Tue Mar 25 15:22:02 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 16:38:27 -0700 2008
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This is a dark, dark story of war and betrayal. Sharrow, our protagonist, is an aristocrat on a distant world named Golter. (Aristocrats get to have only one name.) She comes from a tainted...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:48:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:04:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Feb 19 01:25:41 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 01:28:43 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Jul 18 15:24:12 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 15:36:49 -0700 2008 Maybe it was just my mindset at the time because looking backwards I don't know why it attracted me as much, but back then I simply swallowed it. It is a dark story, with one central ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:01:24 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 00:06:05 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 07:41:08 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 07:43:22 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 30 03:09:12 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 03:15:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 19 09:05:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 10:04:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 29 13:11:35 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 07:00:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 05 19:59:46 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 24 16:30:36 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 19:59:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jul 19 10:18:07 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 10:19:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 19 09:32:48 -0800 2007 Fri May 02 23:14:42 -0700 2008
I loved this book because of the subtle develo...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=422452