The cruel stars

Resource Information

The work The cruel stars represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The cruel stars

Statement of responsibility

John Birmingham

Creator

• Birmingham, John, 1964-

Author

• Birmingham, John, 1964-

Subject

• Space operas (Fiction)
• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
• Human-alien encounters -- Fiction

Genre

• Space operas (Fiction)
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Everybody thought the Sturm were dead, engulfed by the Dark. They were wrong. Centuries after their defeat, the enemy has returned with an overwhelming attack on the fringes of human space. On the brink of annihilation, humankind's only hope is a few brave souls who survived the initial onslaught: Commander Lucinda Hardy, thrust into uncertain command of the Royal Armadalen Navy's only surviving warship; Booker3, a soldier of Earth, sentenced to die for treason, whose time on Death Row is cut short by the invasion; Alessia, a young royal of the Montanblanc Corporation, forced to flee when her home planet is overrun and her entire family executed; Sephina L'trel, the leader of an outlaw band who must call on all of their criminal skills to resist the invasion. And, finally, retired Admiral Frazer McLennan, the infamous hero of the first war with the Sturm hundreds of years ago, who hopes to rout his old foes once and for all -- or die trying. These five flawed, reluctant heroes must band together to prevail against a relentless enemy and near-impossible odds. For if they fail, the future itself is doomed

Index

no index present

Literary form

novels

Series statement

Cruel stars trilogy

Series volume

1

Target audience

adult