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Blood Orbit
Fred and Ted live a pretty quiet, peaceful life as independent shippers hauling cargo around the solar system. Coasting in space for months at a time, touching down at ports only occasionally to deliver or pick up cargo, they are safe even from the constant warfare on the planets below.
That is, until Ted wakes up two days out from Jupiter to find Fred brutally murdered--his head bludgeoned into a bloody mess, and a trail of blood leading away from the body. A trail that makes no sense.
Not only can't Ted imagine who would want to do this to his friend, there isn't anyone who could do it. There is, after all, no one else on their ship.
Ted has until planetfall at Jupiter to come up with the answer--to find a murderer who can't possibly exist. Otherwise the authorities there--the tyrannical megacorporations who control travel around the Solar System--will pin the murder on him.
In the meantime, the real murderer could still be on his ship... Or is the answer the obvious one, that the murderer is Ted himself?
That is, until Ted wakes up two days out from Jupiter to find Fred brutally murdered--his head bludgeoned into a bloody mess, and a trail of blood leading away from the body. A trail that makes no sense.
Not only can't Ted imagine who would want to do this to his friend, there isn't anyone who could do it. There is, after all, no one else on their ship.
Ted has until planetfall at Jupiter to come up with the answer--to find a murderer who can't possibly exist. Otherwise the authorities there--the tyrannical megacorporations who control travel around the Solar System--will pin the murder on him.
In the meantime, the real murderer could still be on his ship... Or is the answer the obvious one, that the murderer is Ted himself?
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First published March 31, 2010
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April 5, 2010
I really enjoyed this book and got into the suspense and mystery of it right away. John Derderian wrote a character that you could identify with and clutch the arm of your chair while he was trying to figure out the mystery. I would have given it 4 stars but the very end was so clever I figured it deserved an extra star. I hope to see more books in this under-utilized genre by this publisher or author.
February 1, 2011
This short book was surprisingly good, as the author did not skimp on the science or characters in his story. It is hard to go into details about a mystery without spoilers, so I'll just say I look forward to reading of John Derderian's books in the future.
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April 9, 2010I love hard sci-fi, and it helps that this one is character driven, best of both worlds!
July 4, 2011
Short sci-fi, murder mystery story set on a space craft. Bought it a while back just to check out on my kindle. Quick, easy read. Well written and plausible for the genre.
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