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Far from the Spaceports
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- Title
- Far from the Spaceports, a science fiction novel
- Summary
- This story is the first in a planned series of science fiction novels set in the fairly near-future
of our solar system. See
http://www.kephrath.com/FarFromTheSpaceports.aspx for
more details of the story. The themes of the book are high-tech financial crime, life on a collection of
scattered habital environments, and human-machine relationships.
- Publication date
- Published November 2015 and available in paperback and Kindle editions (general epub to follow).
- See http://www.kephrath.com/WhereToBuy.aspx for stockists.
- Paperback version only at
the CreateSpace store:
apply special code SHLSL5BY at the checkout for a discount.
- Free extra material
- Sample – Kindle mobi
- Sample – epub
- ISBN
- 978-0993-1684-4-4 (paperback)
- 978-09931684-5-1 (Kindle and general epub)
- Browse sample in the embedded reader:
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- About the book
- Quick wits and loyalty confront high-tech crime in space
Welcome to the Scilly Isles, a handful of asteroids bunched together in space, well beyond the
orbit of Mars. This remote and isolated habitat is home to a diverse group of human settlers,
and a whole flock of parakeets. But earth-based financial regulator ECRB suspects that it’s also
home to serious large scale fraud, and the reputation of the islands comes under threat.
Enter Mitnash Thakur and his virtual partner Slate, sent out from Earth to investigate. Their ECRB
colleagues are several weeks away at their ship’s best speed, and even message signals take an
hour for the round trip. Slate and Mitnash are on their own, until they can work out who on
Scilly to trust. How will they cope when the threat gets personal?
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