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End in Fire
Following her dream of working on the space station Reliance orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth, Claire Logan finds her life becoming a nightmare when the planet below is engulfed in nuclear war and she is left stranded in space aboard a crippled craft, unable to contact her family, a situation that is complicated when the war below comes to space. Original.
- GenresScience FictionFiction
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 7, 2005
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About the author
Syne Mitchell
15 books47 followersWife of Eric S. Nylund
Syne Mitchell (born 1970) is a novelist in the science fiction genre.[1] She has a bachelor's degree in business administration and master's degree in physics. She lives in Seattle, Washington and is married to author Eric S. Nylund. Her first science fiction novel was Murphy’s Gambit which won the Compton Crook Award in 2001. She subsequently published the first installment of the Deathless series, called The Last Mortal Man. She is currently working on podcasting and writing non-fiction essays.
According to her blog, Mitchell's The Last Mortal Man series has not been chosen for further publication. As a result, she has chosen to pursue other series. To further this goal, she has joined a local writer's group.
Mitchell publishes an online magazine for handweavers, WeaveZine, and produces a monthly podcast, WeaveCast.
The Deathless series was canceled by ROC publishing due to "sluggish sales." Syne Mitchell wrote a preview of Book 2, which was added to the back of Book 1.
Syne Mitchell (born 1970) is a novelist in the science fiction genre.[1] She has a bachelor's degree in business administration and master's degree in physics. She lives in Seattle, Washington and is married to author Eric S. Nylund. Her first science fiction novel was Murphy’s Gambit which won the Compton Crook Award in 2001. She subsequently published the first installment of the Deathless series, called The Last Mortal Man. She is currently working on podcasting and writing non-fiction essays.
According to her blog, Mitchell's The Last Mortal Man series has not been chosen for further publication. As a result, she has chosen to pursue other series. To further this goal, she has joined a local writer's group.
Mitchell publishes an online magazine for handweavers, WeaveZine, and produces a monthly podcast, WeaveCast.
The Deathless series was canceled by ROC publishing due to "sluggish sales." Syne Mitchell wrote a preview of Book 2, which was added to the back of Book 1.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
September 30, 2008
After months of reading lit-rature and fantasy, reading this hard sf novel felt like slipping on a pair of old comfy socks.
This book has it all: nuclear war, dire situations in space that seem insurmountable but for the plucky crew, a protagonist who's believable and flawed, and totally believable science.
I'll be looking for her other novels now.
This book has it all: nuclear war, dire situations in space that seem insurmountable but for the plucky crew, a protagonist who's believable and flawed, and totally believable science.
I'll be looking for her other novels now.
August 15, 2011
This is a rather neat and tidy near future thriller about the crew of a space station and how they survive a limited nuclear war. Left to fend for themselves, they must make their way back to Earth before their station fails around them.
The story has few characters but a lot of plot twists. It is certainly engaging although sometimes you have to squint hard in order not to see the gaping holes in the plot. For example, I had a hard time believing that all the spacecraft reconfigurations and trajectory calculations were as easy as described. Mitchell’s prose is a bit stilted (this is an early work by the author) but the novel does have a certain ability to keep the reader hooked. Vaguely enjoyable but definitely not memorable.
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The story has few characters but a lot of plot twists. It is certainly engaging although sometimes you have to squint hard in order not to see the gaping holes in the plot. For example, I had a hard time believing that all the spacecraft reconfigurations and trajectory calculations were as easy as described. Mitchell’s prose is a bit stilted (this is an early work by the author) but the novel does have a certain ability to keep the reader hooked. Vaguely enjoyable but definitely not memorable.
http://www.books.rosboch.net/?p=982
June 25, 2014
This is the second book of Syne Mitchell's work that I've read- and it was pretty different from the first, even though they both involved space. This book gripped me as a thriller and made it hard to put down- even though there were occasional holes in the captivating writing. I would recommend this to my friends... just not as a great piece of literature. It holds its value purely off of entertainment.
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