Anomalisk Fremdrift

Sliding Void #4

by Stephen Hunt

Anomalisk Fremdrift

Kaptein Lana Fiveworlds flyr kanskje med den samme brokete besetningen av misfits, men problemene hennes er helt nye.

Lana tror at en krevende og vanskelig kunde om bord på hennes kjære stjerneskip - Gravity Rose - er summen av problemene hennes. Men det er helt til hun må rykke ut til et stjernesystem som rommer en rekke livsfarlige hemmeligheter.

Hun må forholde seg til de morderiske intensjonene til den lokale regjeringen og dens slaveeiende aristokrati, for ikke å snakke om de hensynsløse opprørerne som prøver å styrte regimet. Og så har vi det månestore, ukjente romskipet som hopper inn i systemet med noen århundrers mellomrom, og som gir oss muligheten til å gjøre krav på umåtelige rikdommer. Eller sjansen til å dø, vel, egentlig ganske forferdelig.

Med Calder, Zeno, Skrat, Polter og sjefen som fortsatt hjelper Lana, er det en liten sjanse for at mannskapet overlever. Men som alle romfarere vet, er det ikke hvor du hopper inn i hyperrommet som teller. Det er bare hvor du ender opp!

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OM SLIDING VOID-SERIEN

Bok 1, 2 og 3 Omnibus - Tomt Hele Vien Ned.

Bok 4 - Anomalisk Fremdrift.

Bok 5 - Helvetesflåten.

Bok 6 - Reisen til det Tapte Tomrommet.

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OM FORFATTEREN

Stephen Hunt står bak den høyt elskede "Far-called"-serien (Gollancz/Hachette) og "Jackelian"-serien, som utgis over hele verden via HarperCollins sammen med andre science fiction-forfattere som Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick og Ray Bradbury.

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ANMELDELSER

Lovord om Stephen Hunts

Mr. Hunt tar av i rasende fart.
- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Hunts fantasi er sannsynligvis synlig fra verdensrommet. Han sprer konsepter som andre forfattere ville brukt i en trilogi, som sjokoladepapir.
- TOM HOLT

Alle slags bisarre og fantastiske ekstravaganser.
- DAILY MAIL

Tvangslesning for alle aldre.
- GUARDIAN

Spekket med oppfinnelser.
-THE INDEPENDENT

Å si at denne boken er actionfylt, er nesten en underdrivelse ... en herlig eskapistisk historie!
- INTERZONE

Hunt har stappet historien full av spennende påfunn ... rørende og original.
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Et forrykende eventyr i Indiana Jones-stil.
-RT BOOK REVIEWS

En nysgjerrig blanding av en del av fremtiden.
- KIRKUS REVIEWS

Et oppfinnsomt, ambisiøst verk, fullt av undere og forunderligheter." - THE TIMES
- THE TIMES

Hunt vet hva publikum liker, og gir det til dem med sardonisk humor og nøye utviklet spenning.
- TIME OUT

En forrykende historie ... historien hamrer av gårde ... konstant oppfinnsomhet holder leseren hektet ... finalen er en knakende rekke av cliffhangers og overraskende comebacks. Kjempegøy.
- SFX MAGAZINE

Ta på deg sikkerhetsbeltet for en frenetisk katt og mus-lek ... en spennende fortelling.
- SF REVU

Genres: Science Fiction

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 10, 2024

About the author

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Stephen Hunt is a British writer living in London. His first fantasy novel, For the Crown and the Dragon, was published in 1994, and introduced a young officer, Taliesin, fighting for the Queen of England in a Napoleonic period alternative reality where the wars of Europe were being fought with sorcery and steampunk weapons (airships, clockwork machine guns, and steam-driven trucks called kettle-blacks). The novel won the 1994 WH Smith Award, and the book reviewer Andrew Darlington used Hunt's novel to coin the phrase Flintlock Fantasy to describe the sub-genre of fantasy set in a Regency or Napoleonic-era period.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book continues from the Sliding Void trilogy of novellas. Here things aren't going well for Captain Lana Fiveworlds and the crew of the Granny Rose. There's a difficult client on board and the crew need to perform an emergency ditch into a star system. Not just any star system though but one which contains a murderous government and an enormous unknown alien vessel...

The action starts immediately and it carries through right to the end of the book. There's a massive threat, the crew overcome it only to face another massive threat. This happens about five times and it's exhausting.

In terms of plot Hunt does a good job at keeping the tension high, moving on the character's stories, inserting some great sci-fi ideas and remembering to keep a little humour within it. The final third dragged for me though with it taking ages for anything to actually happen and it's this that let the book down a little.

I liked the ending which teased more on the truth behind Lana and Calder with a neat twist. It wasn't at all what I expected and I'm intrigued to where the characters will go from here. I hope it means more Sliding Void books in the future!

Overall, an enjoyable space opera with some great ideas.

[C.A. Knutsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great stand-alone novel in the series

The same favorite characters from the earlier books in the sliding void series show up in this book and find themselves in several dire circumstances all at once. This is one of the best science fiction series I've read. I hope another book in this series is in the works.

[Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liked book 1, definitely liked books 2 and 3, but was disappointed by this one, it felt as if it was struggling, and I found myself skim-reading quite often. I like the characters but if there's a book 5, which seems likely, I might download a sample first.

[Will · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's been a while since I've read scifi that captured my interest like this series.

There's something to be said for fun scifi in the midst of quarantine.

Continues the story over the trilogy, but about a year or so after the previous book.

[Julian White · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action adventure in space - this starts with a jump into the action (I need to go back and read the previous two sections, I think) and barely pauses for breath. An intriguing plot-thread is carried on from previous books - and there is a teaser epilogue which reminds us again why one of the main characters is important. Further clues are dropped about the 'Gravity Rose' and her captain.

This was an 'free' book, read while checking for typo(e)s.

Reread May 11 - 19 2016 prior to paper publication.