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Starplex takes readers to a time when unexplained, artificial wormholes have collapsed the distances between the far reaches of space, bringing interstellar travel into everyday reality. In this tense sci‑fi narrative Director Keith Lansing faces the danger of these close‑future passages and the discovery that an unknown, faceless vessel emerges through a new wormhole, landing on the already battle‑scarred Starplex. The novel explores the consequences of rapid technological advancement, the fragility of understanding, and the looming prospect of conflict across the galaxy.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Robert J. Sawyer
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