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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel RirdanPublish date:4/28/2026Pages:392
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Corino PressISBN-13:9798992609042UPC:9798992609042Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science FictionBook Topic:Hard Science FictionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.676Product ID:SCZS5RTZPK

BlueInk Review called it an "unearthed '70s classic," evoking Ringworld, Rama, and John Varley's Gaea Trilogy. Kirkus called its prose "impeccable," its worldbuilding "laudable," and its ending "sublime."

The star in the night sky isn't moving. They are.

As one star blazes ever brighter in the night sky, Sargon--a former millwright who renounced invention--and Angora--a brilliant scholar--dig into the depths of their seemingly natural world and delve into ancient texts in search of answers. They deduce the shocking truth: their cylindrical world, Areta, is a gargantuan vessel that has been sailing through the cosmos for countless generations. And it is on a collision course with a sun.

The only hope for survival lies with Sargon and a small team of millwrights he assembles. As time runs short, they must construct the seemingly impossible-while flouting norms and risking exile of the ruling council.

Set in a society rooted in the ancient Near East and Greece, Areta's culture contains ingenious, handcrafted technology. In this world, where women may tower over men and reproduction is divorced from pair-bonding, young sirenas prowl moonlit streets to claim their genetic futures, leaving tokens for the men they've chosen. But when Lilit's awakening powers blur the line between seduction and coercion, desire itself becomes dangerous.

What if these psionic powers are not a flaw in humanity's design but its future?

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Corino PressISBN-13:9798992609042UPC:9798992609042Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science FictionBook Topic:Hard Science FictionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.676Product ID:SCZS5RTZPK
Rirdan, Daniel: - American novelist Daniel Rirdan wrote Interstellar Crew longhand at thirteen, becoming Israel's youngest published novelist. After military service and a move to Australia, he mastered English one word-list at a time. A year later, the peer-reviewed journal Foundation featured his essay on William Gibson. Decades of detours, dead ends, and one environmental tome later, he returned to speculative fiction at fifty and hasn't looked back. Now based in the American Southwest, Daniel writes stories driven by wonder and with no patience for literary fashion. As he sees it, what is possible-or can be imagined-is a wide-open country.
Publisher: Corino Press

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