The Stars in Shroud

by Gregory Benford

Overview

The first novel by New York Times bestselling author Gregory Benford, "The Stars in Shroud" original story was a Hugo and Nebula nominee.

The alien Quarn strike suddenly at the heart of Earth's interstellar Empire. Their weapon is a deadly plague—a soul-twisting assault that strips away the veneer of civilization. The psychological illness sends its victims fleeing back a million years to the safety of the ancestral caves.

No one knew how the Quarn spread the plague. No one knew why they wanted to destroy humanity.

But Captain Ling Sanjen had thought of a way to stop them…

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149104475
Publisher:	Lucky Bat Books
Publication date:	11/26/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	772 KB

About the Author

New York Times Bestselling Author

Gregory Benford, co-author with Larry Niven of the 2013 New York Times Bestseller "Bowl of Heaven," and also author of top-selling novels, including "Jupiter Project," "Artifact," "Eater," and "Timescape," is that unusual creative combination of scientist scholar and talented artist: his stories capture readers—hearts and minds—with imaginative leaps into the future of science and of us.

Often called hard science fiction, Benford’s stories take physics into inspired realms. What would happen if cryonics worked and people, frozen, were awoken 50 years in the future? What might we encounter in other dimensions? How about sending messages across time? And finding aliens in our midst? The questions that physics and scientists ask, Benford’s imagination explores.

With the re-release of some of his earlier works and the new release of current stories and novels, Benford takes the lead in creating science fiction that intrigues and amuses us while also pushing us to think.