Reckoning infinity / John E. Stith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stith, John E.

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

383 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : TOR, 1997.

Summary:

It's early in the new millennium, and the outer reaches of our solar system have been explored. Vast orbital stations the size of middle-sized countries dot the system, filled with thriving colonies. Mankind has grown to fill the void and is poised to colonize the stars. The universe seems to be a stable, comfortable place - and the only voices to echo through space have been human. Until now. A fast-moving entity the size of a small moon has entered our solar system. Is it a ship? A new life form? An alien probe sent to destroy other sentient races? Lieutenant Commander Alis Mary Nussem is one of the humans who will go forth to discover what this mystery is. Disfigured in a devastating ship accident, more machine than woman, Nussem agrees to the dangerous mission. She is eager to make a difference and somehow reclaim the humanity that she lost. What she doesn't bargain for is the sudden appearance of Lieutenant Karl Stanton, a man whose life seems to resemble Job's - and who was directly responsible for the accident that nearly killed Nussem. These two very different people will be thrown together on an odyssey that will force them to reevaluate the rules that they have lived by all their lives. And what they find will change mankind's universe forever....

Notes:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

ISBN:

0312862989

OCLC:

35138466