| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
275 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Helen Vectorvich just botched first contact. And she did it in both virtual reality and outer space. Only the most elite Far Reaches deep-space pilots get to run waldos: robots controlled from thousands of light-years away via neural integration and quantum entanglement. Helen and her navigator were heading the construction of a wormhole gate that would connect Earth to the star, until a routine system check turned deadly. As nasty rumors swarm around her, and overeager junior pilots jockey to take her place, Helen makes a startling discovery: microscopic alien life is devouring their corporate equipment. Is the Scale just mindless, extra-terrestrial bacteria? Or is it working--and killing--with a purpose? While Helen struggles to get back into the pilot’s chair, and to communicate with the Scale, someone--or something--is trying to sabotage the Far Reaches project once and for all. They’ll have to get through Helen first. --back cover. |
| Subject(S) |
Space mining -- Fiction.
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Space robotics -- Fiction.
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Wormholes (Physics) -- Fiction.
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Virtual reality -- Fiction.
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Science fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781616963385 (paperback) |
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1616963387 (paperback) |
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