Iron Monk

Two Shaolin monks exiled to outer space try to keep up their traditions, including kung fu, on their way to answer an alien communication signal. But when Little Tiger falls ill, they must reinvent their approach in order to survive.

"[A]n intriguing story of a group of Chinese dissidents sent on a treacherous space mission to contact aliens in the outer Solar System..."
D. Douglas Fratz, sfsite.com

"A doomed mission to meet a group of aliens who may or may not exist is made more problematic when the crew begin to exhibit signs of radiation sickness. It's an effective piece of traditional SF re-energized by flashes of Chinese culture. Recommended...."
Colin Harvey, Suite 101.com

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Iron Monk

Two Shaolin monks exiled to outer space try to keep up their traditions, including kung fu, on their way to answer an alien communication signal. But when Little Tiger falls ill, they must reinvent their approach in order to survive.

"[A]n intriguing story of a group of Chinese dissidents sent on a treacherous space mission to contact aliens in the outer Solar System..."
D. Douglas Fratz, sfsite.com

"A doomed mission to meet a group of aliens who may or may not exist is made more problematic when the crew begin to exhibit signs of radiation sickness. It's an effective piece of traditional SF re-energized by flashes of Chinese culture. Recommended...."
Colin Harvey, Suite 101.com

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Iron Monk

Iron Monk

by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Iron Monk

Iron Monk

by Melissa Yuan-Innes

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Overview

Two Shaolin monks exiled to outer space try to keep up their traditions, including kung fu, on their way to answer an alien communication signal. But when Little Tiger falls ill, they must reinvent their approach in order to survive.

"[A]n intriguing story of a group of Chinese dissidents sent on a treacherous space mission to contact aliens in the outer Solar System..."
D. Douglas Fratz, sfsite.com

"A doomed mission to meet a group of aliens who may or may not exist is made more problematic when the crew begin to exhibit signs of radiation sickness. It's an effective piece of traditional SF re-energized by flashes of Chinese culture. Recommended...."
Colin Harvey, Suite 101.com


Product Details

BN ID: 2940011440649
Publisher: Olo Books
Publication date: 07/06/2011
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 88 KB

About the Author

Melissa Yuan-Innes is an emergency room doctor and writer who lives with her husband, one son, one daughter, two cows, and too many mosquitoes outside of Montreal, Canada.

She writes thrillers and science fiction/fantasy under Melissa Yuan-Innes, mysteries under the name Melissa Yi, romance under Melissa Yin, and children's/YA under Melissa Yuan.

"Mixing mystery in with sheer humanity and splendid characterization, Yuan-Innes's story is a delight."
--Alicia Curtis, A&E Editor, The Stormy Petrel

"Melissa Yuan-Innes delivers a Bradburyian shocker"
--Paul Di Filippo, Asimov's

"Yuan-Innes employs a fresh use of language to spin a storyline that is at once universally familiar and intriguingly original."
--Brian Agincourt Massey, judge of the 2008 Innermoonlit Award for Best First Chapter of a Novel, in awarding first prize to _The Popcorn Girl Meets Darwin Jones_

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