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In the year 2057, off‑world marine miners on the Rockhopper are harvesting comet ice when an anomaly occurs: Janus, one of Saturn’s icy moons, abruptly departs its orbit and speeds beyond the solar system. The planet‑wide emergency signals so that Commander Bella Lind and her crew are ordered to pursue the mysterious, high‑velocity moon in a tense, high‑stakes space chase.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Alastair Reynolds
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