The Ark
Children of a Dead Earth Book One
by Patrick S. Tomlinson
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Pub Date 3 Nov 2015 | Archive Date 4 Oct 2015
Angry Robot Books | Angry Robot
Description
When a geneticist goes missing aboard a generation ship, it’s up to sports star Bryan Benson to solve the mystery before landfall.
Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation spaceship, affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark’s greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can’t be beat.
But when a crew member goes missing, Benson is thrust into the center of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence that overturns everything he knows about living on the Ark and threatens everyone aboard. As the last remnants of humanity hurtle towards their salvation, Benson finds himself in a desperate race to unravel the conspiracy before a madman turns mankind’s home into its tomb.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780857664853 |
| PRICE | US$7.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Stefan F, Reviewer
The first novel in Tomlinson's Children of a Dead Earth series.
An interesting science fiction story featuring a "generation-ship", which has set out from a dying Earth in the hopes of finding a new home for the human race.
The main character, Bryan Benson, is interesting: he's a retired, revered sports hero, now working as a detective. I feel like I've read something similar to this (that is, a celebrity in one field, retired to become a detective) in a "traditional" crime novel, but it was pretty cool to see it used in a science fiction novel. Tomlinson does a very good job adapting the missing-person case to this setting. It's well-written, well-conceived, and engaging throughout.
I've read the second book in the series, TRIDENT'S FORGE, which I'll review very soon, too.
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