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    The Long Night
    The Long Night
    The Long Night
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    The Long Night

    By Neil Shooter

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    The human colony world of Paradise is a frigid mockery of habitable, inhabited mainly by the nightmarish, night-loving, Shearers. Commander Carter Jensen's mission to escort a wayward professor back to Eden Base to face justice has taken too long, and night is about to fall. The alien shipwreck is their only chance of escaping the Shearers and surviving the night. But the alien ship haunts Jensen's mind, constantly whispering to him. Are the voices real, or are they just in his mind?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNeil Shooter
    Release dateDec 4, 2018
    ISBN9780463786468
    The Long Night
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    Neil Shooter

    I grew up in Robin Hood Country, spent some time in the sprawling metropolises (?) of London, England, and Toronto, Canada, and now I've found a quiet corner of rural Ontario to put myself out to pasture in.I'm always in search of my serenity and my muse.I try to read, and to write, a little bit every day, so that my gears keep turning...Some of the results can be found on Medium at medium.com/@nshooter11.Thanks for reading!

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