Assassin's Orbit
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Appel, John Author
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd , 2021.
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Golden Girls meets The Expanse with a side of Babylon FiveMurder makes unlikely allies.On the eve of the planet Ileri's historic vote to join the Commonwealth, the assassination of a government minister threatens to shatter everything. Private investigator Noo Okereke and spy Meiko Ogawa join forces with police chief Toiwa to investigate and discover clues that point disturbingly toward a threat humanity thought they had escaped.

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Format
eBook
Street Date
07/20/2021
Language
English
ISBN
9781786184351

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Published Reviews

Publisher's Weekly Review

A mass shooting in a luxurious social club sparks interplanetary conflict in Appel's competent debut sci-fi thriller. Private investigator Noo Okereke must team up with police commissioner Nnenna Toiwa and spy Meiko Ogawa to catch the perpetrator and quell an insurrection that threatens the station she calls home. Things go from bad to worse as rumors fly about the now-forbidden nanotech that created the Unity Plague and forced humanity's exodus from "Lost Earth," sparking fear of a second plague. With a background in technology risk and information security, Appel skillfully incorporates plausible advanced tech, as well as a range of subgenre influences from cyberpunk to military SF into his twisty mystery. There's some clumsy exposition at the start, but the novel soon finds its feet, though fast pacing and an overlarge cast somewhat undermines the emotional impact of story and character beats. Thanks to the galaxy populated largely by peoples of African and Asian descent and point-of-view characters who are are mostly middle-aged or older women of color, Appel offers a unique entry point to the space opera plot. With solid, thoughtful representation in terms of religion, sexuality, and disability as well as race, gender, and age, this will be well worth the time of any reader looking for socially conscious hard sci-fi. Agent: Hannah Bowman, Liza Dawson Assoc. (July)

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Publishers Weekly Reviews

A mass shooting in a luxurious social club sparks interplanetary conflict in Appel's competent debut sci-fi thriller. Private investigator Noo Okereke must team up with police commissioner Nnenna Toiwa and spy Meiko Ogawa to catch the perpetrator and quell an insurrection that threatens the station she calls home. Things go from bad to worse as rumors fly about the now-forbidden nanotech that created the Unity Plague and forced humanity's exodus from "Lost Earth," sparking fear of a second plague. With a background in technology risk and information security, Appel skillfully incorporates plausible advanced tech, as well as a range of subgenre influences from cyberpunk to military SF into his twisty mystery. There's some clumsy exposition at the start, but the novel soon finds its feet, though fast pacing and an overlarge cast somewhat undermines the emotional impact of story and character beats. Thanks to the galaxy populated largely by peoples of African and Asian descent and point-of-view characters who are are mostly middle-aged or older women of color, Appel offers a unique entry point to the space opera plot. With solid, thoughtful representation in terms of religion, sexuality, and disability as well as race, gender, and age, this will be well worth the time of any reader looking for socially conscious hard sci-fi. Agent: Hannah Bowman, Liza Dawson Assoc. (July)

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Appel, J. (2021). Assassin's Orbit . Rebellion Publishing Ltd.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Appel, John. 2021. Assassin's Orbit. Rebellion Publishing Ltd.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Appel, John. Assassin's Orbit Rebellion Publishing Ltd, 2021.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Appel, J. (2021). Assassin's orbit. Rebellion Publishing Ltd.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Appel, John. Assassin's Orbit Rebellion Publishing Ltd, 2021.

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