Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
Jun 1, 1990
Publisher
Spectra
ISBN-10
0553285432
ISBN-13
9780553285437
Description
Homeless Among the Stars In a last ditch effort to reunite the world, the multinational starship Asia was launched fourteen years ago on a journey through the near solar systems. Its mission: to search out and colonize Earth-type planets that could support human life. Yet, as the crew approaches their first destination in the Epsilon Indi system, an unexplained burst of radiation apparently emanating from Earth wipes out all contact with the mother planet.
Fearing the worst but unwilling to jeopardize essential crew members, the captain chooses the brilliant but restless Peter Zolotin to undertake the hazardous voyage back to Earth. With the aid of an advanced artificial intelligence Zolotin embarks on a mind-bending journey to discover the truth about Earth's fate. And the message he carries back to the orphaned crew will change the course of humanity forever.
A remarkable solo debut, Burster is a stunning and thought-provoking novel of a young man's coming of age in the galaxy.
Fearing the worst but unwilling to jeopardize essential crew members, the captain chooses the brilliant but restless Peter Zolotin to undertake the hazardous voyage back to Earth. With the aid of an advanced artificial intelligence Zolotin embarks on a mind-bending journey to discover the truth about Earth's fate. And the message he carries back to the orphaned crew will change the course of humanity forever.
A remarkable solo debut, Burster is a stunning and thought-provoking novel of a young man's coming of age in the galaxy.