Schroeder, Karl. Permanence.Tor. 480p. c2002. 0765342855. $7.99. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. Scattered among the galaxy are brown dwarf brown dwarf, in astronomy, celestial body that is larger than a planet but does not have sufficient mass to convert hydrogen into helium via nuclear fusion as stars do. stars, capable of producing energy to heat colonizing stations and power starships. Known as halo worlds, they are connected by slow-moving cargo vessels that travel the long distances. Time and corruption have taken their toll on the system, and there are few options for law enforcement. Among the population of a tiny mining station is Meadow-Rue Cassels, living a precarious mouse existence among the artificial constructs. After her mother dies, there is nothing to stop her abusive brother Jentry from stealing the rest of her meager mea·ger also mea·gre adj. 1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. 2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain. 3. inheritance. Rue begins her desperate bid for independence when she flees to avoid being sold as cheap labor. Successfully making a getaway in a shuttle, she heads for the nearest large world to try for a new life. Sensors pick up an anomaly and she quickly registers a salvage claim in hopes of finding something worth selling. It becomes a life-changing find as she discovers it to be an intact alien ship, left over from when two competing races struggled for supremacy in the region. Suddenly distant relatives and government agents attempt to usurp u·surp v. u·surped, u·surp·ing, u·surps v.tr. 1. To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by force and without legal authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. 2. her claim, and Rue has to make hard and fast decisions on which of her newly acquired friends will help her to keep this new wonder or kill her to snatch it away. Hidden agendas, murderous plots, and courageous fighting culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. in a pitched battle pitched battle n. 1. An intense battle fought in close contact by troops arranged in a predetermined formation. 2. A fiercely waged battle or struggle between opposing forces. for the alien ship that will change the course of the halo worlds forever. With finely developed sympathetic characters as well as deliciously evil ones, credible science, intricate plotting and a well-wound-up sense of suspense, this is good reading for all levels. Liz LaValley, Mattapoisett, MA |
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