Three novels from a New York Times–bestselling author: an exhilarating adventure that follows a group of human castaways stranded on an icy alien planet. Icy, desolate, and sharply carved by hurricane-force winds, Tran-ky-ky is a terrible place to crash-land. But a botched kidnapping aboard the interstellar transport Antares sends Ethan Frome Fortune and a handful of his fellow travelers tumbling … of his fellow travelers tumbling toward the stormy planet. Stranded and cut off from civilization, the castaways struggle to survive. In this page-turning trilogy, Fortune confronts vicious predators (even the plants want to make a meal of him) and forges an alliance with a native Tran. As he searches for a way off Tran-ky-ky, he helps the Tran gain admission to the Humanx Commonwealth and learns about their troubled history. Just as Fortune accepts that he’ll never escape the harsh planet and acclimates to its relentless winter, he learns that scientists have detected rising temperatures in the atmosphere. This sinister change leads Fortune to a thrilling and unexpected final adventure.
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Why use one word when a paragraph using over a hundred will do?
Or, in Foster-speak, “For what earthly or heavenly, if you’re either terran or extra-terran inclined, raison d’etre would a chap deign to express his innermost thoughts, feelings, inclinations, and whims, using a singular line of thinking when arriving at any spot in the first place …
Icerigger was the first book I ever read where I felt cold reading it. I loved this series and these characters. Ethan Frome Fortune is a character I could relate to (and still can). I re-read them every few years. Foster has kept me entertained for decades.
I only made it in 50 pages, maybe it gets better, but I found shallow characters with predictable dialog.
A fun read.
Fun read quick, witty and fast pace