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Plague Ship - A Positronic Book
Paperback
Science FictionClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515403104
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Nov 17 2015
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A classic Solar Queen adventure of interstellar trade, alien contact, quarantine, and survival from one of science fiction's most beloved storytellers. In Plague Ship, the crew of the Free Trader vessel Solar Queen lands what appears to be a valuable contract on the planet Sargol, trading with the catlike Salariki for rare goods and future opportunities. But what begins as a promising commercial mission becomes a desperate fight for reputation, freedom, and life itself.
When members of the crew fall mysteriously ill after leaving Sargol, the Solar Queen is branded a plague ship and treated as a deadly threat. Cut off from help and facing official suspicion, the younger crew members must uncover the real cause of the crisis before panic, bureaucracy, and corporate rivals destroy them. Norton turns the premise into a brisk blend of space adventure, medical mystery, alien culture, and trader ingenuity, with danger coming as much from misunderstanding and fear as from disease.
First published in 1956, Plague Ship is the second book in Norton's Solar Queen sequence and one of her strongest early science fiction adventures. For readers of classic science fiction, vintage space opera, interstellar merchant tales, alien-world adventure, and fast-moving juvenile science fiction that still works for adult readers, this novel remains a lively example of Norton's gift for combining wonder, suspense, and resourceful heroes.
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