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Emissaries: Book 1 of the Canta Libre Trilogy Kindle Edition

by Graham Storrs (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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First contact was a surprise when it came. A silly, childish message of peace and friendship from a place so far away only Earth's newest prototype spaceship, the Canta Libre, could reach it - or so people thought.

The UN-led team that went out to represent humanity was mostly scientists and soldiers, led by General Ramirez, and carrying Ambassador Hartmann to the most momentous meeting in human history. But they were not alone. Other teams went too; one led by Petrov, a gang boss with dreams of technological riches and power beyond measure, the other crewing an ancient ark ship the rest of the world had long since forgotten, its mission changed by an unscrupulous government, its half-human captain, Ken Lee, bitter and heartbroken.

Some, like young Kitty Hamilton and drug designer Mike McBain, were dragged into the race for first contact against their will. Others, like Geoffrey Cejka and physicist Susan Iverson were eager participants. But none of them – not even the military robot – would complete the mission unscathed or unchanged. Some wouldn't complete it at all.

Yet, though the struggle to answer the call of the enigmatic aliens would challenge the hapless travellers to the limits of their endurance, and the struggle to be the first to represent humanity would be vicious and deadly, for the survivors, the real struggle was still to come.
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    April 27, 2015
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00W8WNB9U
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canta Libre
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 27, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.2 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 446 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780992498832
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0992498832
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Graham Storrs

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Graham Storrs was raised in the city of Hull in Yorkshire, England. He studied psychology there and at the University of Surrey in Guildford before embarking on a career in artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction research. Later in life, he specialised in software design and his career took him from the UK to Switzerland and, eventually, Australia, where he now lives in a rural idyll with his wife Christine and a Tonkinese cat called Minsky.

Graham has always been a writer and published a large number of non-fiction pieces (including three children's science books) before focusing his energies on fiction. 2008 was a breakthrough year for him when he had his first science fiction short story accepted for publication. Since then he has sold many more stories and his début novel - a sci-fi thriller called Timesplash - was published in 2010 and became a best-seller. It was later released by Pan Macmillan/Momentum along with two sequels - True Path and Foresight - both shortlisted for an Aurealis Award. He has published more than twenty novels and four short story collections.

Graham continues to write science fiction and is an avid reader of the genre. He is also the author of the Luke Kelly crime series. He devotes most of his time to writing now.

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  • Scott J Robinson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the time
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2015
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    I enjoyed this book. Some of the main characters are very well done, though the minor ones could do with a bit more development as I had trouble keeping track of some. The ideas are interesting and the culture/history/backstory/whatever is integrated nicely. There was one thread of story that was vital to the action of the conlusion but still managed to seem like a bit of an indulgence designed to get one character into the story. Hopefully the character is worth is in the sequels.

    Well worth the read and I will be getting the rest of the books when they arrive.
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  • From Orbonia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant- great science and interesting characters
    Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020
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    Another really good book, saw some negative reviews about characters. However, not sure why, I prefer a range of people rather than single perspective- this book provided a brilliant diverse group.
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