Chaos and Order: The Gap Into Madness (The Gap Cycle)

Chaos and Order: The Gap Into Madness (The Gap Cycle)

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Book Info

Author

Donaldson, Stephen R.

Word Count

171,000 words

based on page count

Pages

684 pages

Edition Publisher

Spectra

Edition Publish Date

1995-01-01

Identifiers

ISBN-10: 0553572539

ISBN-13: 9780553572537

Description

as The Planetoid Thanatos Minor Explodes Into Atoms, A Specially-fitted Cruiser Escapes The Mass Destruction And Hurtles Into Space Only A Step Ahead Of Hostile Pursuit. On Board Trumpet Are A Handful Of Bedraggled Fugitives From An Outlaw World - Old Enemies Suddenly And Violently Thrown Together In A Desperate Bid For Survival. Among This Unlikely Crew Of Allies Are Morn Hyland, Once A Umc Cop, Now A Prisoner To The Electrodes Implanted In Her Brain; Her Son, Davies, "force-grown" To Adulthood By The Alien Amnion And Struggling To Understand His True Identity; The Amoral Space Buccaneer Nick Succorso, Whose Most Daring Act Of Piracy Could Be His Last; And Angus Thermopyle, Unstoppable Cyborg Struggling To Wrest Control Of His Own Mind From His Umc Programmers.

publishers Weekly

this Fourth Installment Of Donaldson's Gap Series May At First Confuse Even Those Who Have Read The Previous Volumes, Since There's No Summary Of What Has Gone Before And The Plot Is Extremely Convoluted. Once It Gets Going, Though, The Action Moves Forward Like A Juggernaut. Pursued By A Police Battle Cruiser, By A Bounty Hunter And By A Ship Commanded By Human Agents Of The Dreaded Amnion, An Alien Race, Angus Thermopyle Heads His Ship, Trumpet , For An Illegal Lab Hidden In A Chaotic Asteroid Belt. There, Thermopyle, Once A Fearsome Pirate, Now A Cyborg Partially Controlled By Police Programming, Plans To Have The Secret ``antimutagen,'' Which Protects Humans Against The Forced Mutation Practiced By The Amnion, Replicated For Mass Distribution. Aboard Trumpet Are The Survivors From The Pirate Ship Captain's Fancy , Including Morn Hyland (the Series' Long-suffering Heroine) And Her Erstwhile Tormentor, Nick Succorso. The Larger Conflict Between Warden Dios, Head Of The United Mining Companies Police, And Holt Fasner, Ceo Of The Powerful Megacorporation, Moves Closer To Its Climax; But The Real Excitement Comes With The Extended Chase And Battle In The Asteroid Swarm. Series Readers Will Be Glad To See That This Installment, Which At Last Begins To Resolve The Overall Plot, Offers Plenty Of Thrills And An Exciting Finish That Will Leave Them Eager For The Fifth And Final Volume. (june)

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