Synopses & Reviews
Tobias S. Buckell is well known as the
New York Times bestselling author of
Halo: The Cole Protocol. Tor is now proud to reintroduce Buckells first science fiction novels to his many fans in handsome trade paperback editions featuring stunning new cover art.
In a universe run by alien tyrants, humanity faces its greatest threat—systematic extermination. The Benevolent Satrapy, the universes overlords, has placed a stranglehold on all technology, sending its stormtroopers to destroy any civilization foolish enough to defy them.
The Ragamuffins are pirates and smugglers plying the lonely spaceways around a dead wormhole. For years the Satrapy has tolerated them, but no longer. The aliens are determined to wipe out the unruly humans once and for all, and the Ragamuffins now face a campaign of extermination.
But one runaway woman may complicate the aliens plans. Surgically altered, Nashara is more machine than flesh, and she carries inside her a doomsday weapon that could reduce the entire galaxy to chaos. But, all she wants to do is make it home before shes forced to destroy civilization—and herself….
Review
“First-class space adventure, with tip-top characterization, action, and world-building.” —
Booklist
“A somewhat dark look at a future where humans are way down in the galactic food chain and scuffling to survive. All in all, Ragamuffin is a winner.”
—San Jose Mercury News
“Ragamuffin establishes the author as a signature voice of Afro-Caribbean speculative fiction.” —Library Journal
“Ragamuffin provides plenty of gun play and close calls for the heroes. A lot of fun.”
—Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
A thrilling science fiction tale by the New York Times bestselling author—now featuring brand-new cover art
About the Author
TOBIAS S. BUCKELL is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels including Halo: The Cole Protocol, Arctic Rising, Sly Mongoose, Ragamuffin, and Crystal Rain. His books and fifty-plus short stories have been translated around the world. Buckell hails from the Caribbean, where as a child he lived on boats in Grenada and the British and US Virgin Islands.