Stealing Light
Aug 2008 · Shoal Book 1 · Pan Macmillan
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For a hundred and fifty thousand years, the alien Shoal have been hiding a terrible secret behind a façade of power. In the twenty-fifth century, they dominate the galaxy and control all trade and exploration, possessing the secret of faster-than-light travel. Mankind has established just a handful of interstellar colonies; their freedom and knowledge of the galaxy limited by the Shoal’s punitive colonial charter.
Dakota Merrick is a machine-head pilot on the run from one of the Consortium’s most powerful criminals. Desperate for escape, she contracts to ferry an expert team to a remote star system. Her passengers hope to scavenge a functioning FTL-drive from a derelict starship – rumoured to pre date the Shoal. But they’ll expose an ancient genocide the Shoal will do anything to hide. And Dakota will be forced to face demons from her own military past.
‘Packed with massive concepts and dark psychological twists . . . seriously entertaining’ SFX
‘Fast, confident, daring, skilful ... A big book in scope and imagination’ Vector
“The depth and scale of a writer coming into his own’ Sci-Fi-London.com
Dakota Merrick is a machine-head pilot on the run from one of the Consortium’s most powerful criminals. Desperate for escape, she contracts to ferry an expert team to a remote star system. Her passengers hope to scavenge a functioning FTL-drive from a derelict starship – rumoured to pre date the Shoal. But they’ll expose an ancient genocide the Shoal will do anything to hide. And Dakota will be forced to face demons from her own military past.
‘Packed with massive concepts and dark psychological twists . . . seriously entertaining’ SFX
‘Fast, confident, daring, skilful ... A big book in scope and imagination’ Vector
“The depth and scale of a writer coming into his own’ Sci-Fi-London.com
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3.6
161 reviews
Craig Potter
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May 9, 2014
Can be a bit difficult to follow as it jumps between characters, places and time periods fairly often, but interesting characters and a good plot make it a good read!
Liam
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July 9, 2014
I don't know whether this is an issue with all play store copies, but the version I have of this book is missing most if not all punctuation denoting speech, with some characters such as colons or dashes also apparently missing - concentration is required to fill in the gaps
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Brian Bell
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March 11, 2014
Interesting read with likable characters...
About the author
Gary Gibson, who has worked as a graphic designer and magazine editor in his home town of Glasgow, began writing at the age of fourteen. He is currently working on the second book continuing the story from Final Days.
His previous novels include the Shoal series with Dakota Merrick: Stealing Light, Nova War and Empire of Light.
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