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The Well of Stars continues the saga of the Great Ship, a colossal vessel that carries a planet within its hull and has voyaged the cosmos for billions of years. After the harrowing exploration of Marrow, the ship’s captains confront a restless crew and the looming danger of the Ink Well—a dark, opaque nebula.
With the ship on a seemingly irreversible path toward the nebula, Captain Washen and Pamir dispatch Mere, whose talent for adapting to alien cultures makes her indispensable, to investigate the threat.
Pamir discovers within the Ink Well a god‑like entity whose destructive power could destroy the ship and its millions of passengers. The survival of the Great Ship now hinges on the ingenuity of its vast crew and on Mere’s uncertain return.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Robert Reed
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