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Sunborn
Sunborn
Sunborn
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Sunborn

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Stars are dying.

John Bandicut and his companions are summoned to a star-cloud called Starmaker, known to humans as the Orion Nebula, to discover what force threatens newborn stars—and possibly every world within a thousand light-years. Their journey takes them not just into the perils of a stellar nursery, but into confrontation with the Mindaru, a billion-year-old AI and adversary of life as they know it. The task is daunting. But with the aid of Deep and Dark, sentient clouds who are perhaps the strangest beings they have met yet in their exceedingly strange journey, there may be hope.

Back on Triton, Julie Stone—briefly Bandicut’s lover before he was transported away to a new life at the edge of the galaxy—encounters the enigmatic translator, the alien entity that first drew Bandicut into his extraordinary adventures. Julie must face her own life-or-death decision in defense of the Earth—while for Bandicut and company, whatever chance they have of stopping the terrifying Mindaru will be found only in the fiery heart of an intelligent sun.

Sunborn continues the harrowing journey through the tumultuous worlds of The Chaos Chronicles, from the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity’s End.

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“Leaps quite madly from pot to kettle to frying pan to fire. The pace never lets up...[a] remarkably expansive vision.” —Analog

“Carver gives us the ultimate cosmic aliens while juggling stars and supernovas. Dazzling.” —Jack McDevitt, author of Seeker and Chindi

“Carver’s latest addition to The Chaos Chronicles... ensures his place among the most inventive of contemporary authors of hard sf and speculative theory. Filled with startling ideas and ingenious plot twists, this sf adventure (along with its series predecessors) belongs in most sf collections. —Library Journal

“Carver does his usual outstanding job of juggling multiple viewpoints and plot threads while casting his protagonists’ adventures against a sweeping, intergalactic backdrop. Yet Bandicut’s story is ultimately a very human one about determination, seat-of-the-pants ingenuity, and courage in the face of overwhelming danger.” —Booklist

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Release dateAug 22, 2011
ISBN9781466104945
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Jeffrey A. Carver

Jeffrey A. Carver was a Nebula Award finalist for his novel Eternity's End. He also authored Battlestar Galactica, a novelization of the critically acclaimed television miniseries. His novels combine thought-provoking characters with engaging storytelling, and range from the adventures of the Star Rigger universe (Star Rigger's Way, Dragons in the Stars, and others) to the ongoing, character-driven hard SF of The Chaos Chronicles—which begins with Neptune Crossing and continues with Strange Attractors, The Infinite Sea, Sunborn, and now The Reefs of Time and its conclusion, Crucible of Time.A native of Huron, Ohio, Carver lives with his family in the Boston area. He has taught writing in a variety of settings, from educational television to conferences for young writers to MIT, as well as his ongoing Ultimate Science Fiction Workshop with Craig Shaw Gardner. He has created a free web site for aspiring authors of all ages at http://www.writesf.com.For a complete guide to Jeffrey A. Carver's ebooks, visit:https://www.starrigger.net

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Bandicut and company have fallen out of the frying pan and into the fire in Sunborn, Book 4 of The Chaos Chronicles. This go round they actually have a choice: accept the mission and possibly die or don't accept the mission and probably die. As if saving worlds wasn't a big enough challenge for them, this time they've been tasked with saving a stellar nursery, a job that will push them to the breaking point and possibly beyond. Each book in this series has been better than the last and Sunborn is no exception. I hope Mr. Carver finishes writing Book 5 soon.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Sunborn, by Jeffrey A Carver, is truly a novel of epic proportions. Something malevolent is killing living stars.Fresh from a solving a galactic mystery, a human, John Bandicut, three beings and two robots are enlisted in the fight by Jeeves, a sentient robot, just when they were hoping for a respite.This is a non-stop ride that takes them to the Starmaker Nebula using a quick transport method called threading space aboard an n-space ship that is more energy than a solid. There they must first discover what the enemy is and how it’s destroying stars before they can try to stop it.From the frying pan into the fire and back again, this intrepid team of human, robots and aliens leaps across vast reaches of space, encountering other beings of immense power and knowledge as they seek answers.Carver creates a panorama of situations and adventures that pushes the team’s abilities and friendships to their limits and beyond. The cast of characters is unique and as real as you and I, though with an alien flare.Their ship has no offense weapons, so to defeat the enemy they must use their wits and the special talents of the beings they encounter along the way.Threaded through this story is yet another. Julie Stone, Bandicut’s girlfriend, a scientist at a mining colony on the moon Triton, encounters an alien device that speaks only to her. The device agrees to allow the humans to transport it to Earth, but once aboard the Park Avenue everything changes. Julie and the device take off in a maintenance shuttle to stop an alien device that’s mission is to destroy Earth.Julie’s story is a novel all its own as they hunt down, capture and attempt to destroy the device before it destroys them, escapes and completes its mission. Much easier said than done.As a fan of Carver, I was pleased to see this novel not only meets my expectations, but roars past them with quality writing, believable characters and a tale of universal magnitude.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Failing to hit the highs of the previous volume this is still better than the first two - once it finally gets going.The inital third is a very slow recap of events to date. I don't know why this is suddenly become necessary, the previous books managed fine without it.

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