Transference Station

TRANSFERENCE STATION (Book two in the 'Sliding Void' series)DESCRIPTIONAre things finally looking up for Captain Lana Fiveworlds? She's managed to reach what passes for civilisation in the wild border systems of the Edge - Transference Station - the largest trading hub in the free worlds. With her ramshackle starship, the Gravity Rose, safely docked, she's now desperately searching for a cargo to stave off bankruptcy.Lana's crew needs paying - including the amorous barbarian prince she rescued from a failed colony world. But her crew have other priorities: the ship's android, Zeno, is distracted by terrible secrets from his past, while her alien navigator, Polter, runs into trouble indulging his religious fervour.If that wasn't enough, there's a deal available... but only from the dodgiest broker in a thousand planets. With rival starship captains looking to sabotage Lana for good, and a dangerous mission to a mysterious planet which is far more than the lies she's been spun, things can only get worse from here on in.Lana Fiveworlds and her crew of misfits are still sliding void, just, but for how much longer?Sometimes, the brown stuff piles up so high you need antigravity thrusters to fly over it.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>REVIEWSPraise for Stephen Hunt's novels:'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.'- TOM HOLT'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.'- DAILY MAIL'Compulsive reading for all ages.'- GUARDIAN'Studded with invention.'-THE INDENDENT'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement… a wonderful escapist yarn!'- INTERZONE'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.'- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.'-RT BOOK REVIEWS'A curious part-future blend.'- KIRKUS REVIEWS'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.'- THE TIMES'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.'- TIME OUT'A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.'- SFX MAGAZINE'Put on your seatbelts for a frenetic cat and mouse encounter... an exciting tale.'- SF REVU>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FORMATNovella - part 2 of a continuing, linked series.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>THE SERIES SO FAR...Part 1 - Sliding VoidPart 2 - Transference StationPart 3 is coming soon>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AGE ADVISORYAge 15+ - mild violence and language.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>READ THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE THESE AUTHORS...Douglas AdamsNeal AsherIain M. BanksJack CampbellDavid DrakeOrson Scott CardJames S.A. CoreyEvan CurriePeter F. HamiltonRic LockeDan SimmonsCharles StrossDavid Weber>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>GENRESScience fiction (space opera)Adventure (scifi)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stephen Hunt is a fantasy and science fiction author who lives in Spain and the UK. He is best known for his best-selling Jackelian fantasy series of novels from HarperCollins, also the publisher of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis in the UK.The Jackelian world is a fantasy adventure set in a far-future Earth where the passage of time has erased almost all memory of our current world from history. Electricity is now unreliable and classed as a dark power, with many of the nations of the world existing at a Victorian level of development and relying on steam-power, mechanical nanotechnology and biotechnology to survive and prosper.It is a world of strange creatures, flashing blades, steammen servants, airship battles and high adventure.Each novel is written as a stand-alone work, but share the same world and many of the same characters who criss-cross between the novels (a technique shared with fellow British fantasy author Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series).Foreign language and international editions of the six novels of the Jackelian serie