02908cam a2200421 4500 536582048 TxAuBib 20210918120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781497686540 1497686547 B00PGHKMIW Amazon abaebb59-bd33-433e-9efc-c0ed9ba1c74a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2031862 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Sterling, Bruce. Involution Ocean [Libby]. Open Road Media, 2014. Action. sea. space opera. alien contact. Adventure. Science Fiction. Ocean. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1737kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:<p><b>A far-future <i>Moby-Dick</i> by the author of <i>Schismatrix</i>: A desperate addict on a bleak, arid planet boards a whaling vessel to hunt the drug he craves.</b><br /> The powerful narcotic syncophine, commonly known as Flare, comes from only one source: the oil of the gargantuan whale-like beasts that swim the dust sea of Nullaqua. It was John Newhouse's addiction to the substance that made him a dealer and forced him to move to this airless, inhospitable planet But when the all-powerful galactic Confederacy declares Flare illegal, the needs of Newhouse and his clientele leave the desperate off-worlder no choice but to sign on as an able seaman aboard a dustwhaler and hunt the giant creatures himself. Joining a crew of junkies and misfits, including a mad captain with his own dark and secret agenda and a bewitching, batlike alien woman who is pained by human touch, Newhouse sets out across the silica ocean at the bottom of a seventy-mile-deep crater in search of release and redemption . . . and sails toward a fateful confrontation between man and beast that could lead to catastrophe.<br /> Bruce Sterling's debut novel is a remarkable feat of world building—imaginative, provocative, and smart, featuring an unforgettable cast of colorful characters. If Herman Melville's <i>Moby-Dick</i> unfolded on Frank Herbert's <i>Dune</i>, the result might be something akin to Sterling's extraordinary <i>Involution Ocean</i>.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-17 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/involution-ocean?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/involution-ocean?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/involution-ocean?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXLVP