
Mirage
Julie E. Czerneda(Author)
Daw Books (Publisher)
Published on 11. August 2020
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-7564-1560-0 (ISBN)
Description
The second book in the Web Shifter's Library series returns to the adventures of Esen, a shapeshifting alien who must navigate the perils of a hostile universe.
Relationships get complicated when you don't know who-or what-you really are. Esen must find a way to rescue a hapless group of chimeras, beings who are a new and unique blend of species she knows, when she can't become one herself. When Evan Gooseberry tries to help, he is shattered to learn he himself isn't entirely Human and begins to suspect his new friend Esen isn't what she seems.
Complicating matters, a mysterious contagion has killed the crew of the ship that brought the chimeras-and Evan-to Botharis. Everyone's been quarantined inside the All Species' Library of Linguistics and Culture, including over a hundred disgruntled alien scholars.
The risks climb as Skalet and Lionel continue their quest to solve the disappearance of Paul's mother's ship, the Sidereal Pathfinder, only to find themselves caught in a tangle of loyalties as Skalet is betrayed by her own Kraal affiliates, who infiltrate the Library.
All of which would be quite enough for one Web-being's day, but Paul Ragem hopes to rekindle the romance of his first love. A shame Esen hasn't told him who's hiding in their greenhouse.
Relationships get complicated when you don't know who-or what-you really are. Esen must find a way to rescue a hapless group of chimeras, beings who are a new and unique blend of species she knows, when she can't become one herself. When Evan Gooseberry tries to help, he is shattered to learn he himself isn't entirely Human and begins to suspect his new friend Esen isn't what she seems.
Complicating matters, a mysterious contagion has killed the crew of the ship that brought the chimeras-and Evan-to Botharis. Everyone's been quarantined inside the All Species' Library of Linguistics and Culture, including over a hundred disgruntled alien scholars.
The risks climb as Skalet and Lionel continue their quest to solve the disappearance of Paul's mother's ship, the Sidereal Pathfinder, only to find themselves caught in a tangle of loyalties as Skalet is betrayed by her own Kraal affiliates, who infiltrate the Library.
All of which would be quite enough for one Web-being's day, but Paul Ragem hopes to rekindle the romance of his first love. A shame Esen hasn't told him who's hiding in their greenhouse.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Astra Publishing House
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7564-1560-0 (9780756415600)
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Julie E. Czerneda