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Reunion on Neverend
/ John E. Stith
(1995)
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| Book Details |
| Publication Date |
1995 |
| Nr of Pages |
352 |
| Format (size) |
Paperback |
| Publisher |
Tom Doherty Assoc Llc |
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| Plot |
| Police agent Lan Dillion returns for a vacation and class reunion to his home world of Neverend, a planet honeycombed with caves. His vacation plans are put on hold when he is unexpectedly drawn into a murder case involving his old girlfriend, Tessa. Shortly after Tessa's father is mysteriously killed at his Neverend historical museum, a suspicious woman visits Tessa and demands that she sell the museum building immediately. While struggling to hide his real profession from Tessa, Lan uses his undercover skills to tail the woman and soon uncovers a plot to steal a priceless artifact from a distant world. Before Lan can foil the plot, he and Tessa are strong-armed and held prisoner inside a previously unknown passageway inside the museum that miraculously leads to other planets throughout the galaxy, including one on which they may become permanently stranded. Although the tale resembles any number of standard detective novels transferred to an sf universe, Stith saves it from banality with absorbing, fast-paced action and witty dialogue. |
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