A new novel in John Ringo's best-selling Black Tide Rising series by
Nebula- and Dragon Award-nominated author Charles E. Gannon
It was supposed to be fun. Six teenagers and their British captain
aboard the ketch Crosscurrent Voyager, headed on a senior year summer
cruise to excitement and adventure. Then the world as they knew it
ended.
A plague spread throughout the globe, killing millions and turning the
survivors into cannibalistic rage monsters - zombies, in so many words.
Only by putting aside their differences were the young crew able to
survive.
Now, they seek others like them, those fortunate souls who have made it
through the zombie apocalypse. After all, maybe it's not the end of the
world so long as GPS can help survivors navigate deadly terrain, to link
up, and maybe - just maybe - ensure the continuation of the human race.
But the Earth's GPS systems are failing. It falls to those aboard the
Crosscurrent Voyager to keep the unthinkable from happening. In order
to do so, they must traverse dangerous seas to a European Space Agency
complex in French Guiana.
And thousands of infected stand in the way.
If they succeed, humankind has a chance of rebuilding. If they fail,
humanity may well be at the end of its journey.
About Charles E. Gannon:
"The plot is intriguing and then some. Well-developed and
self-consistent; intelligent readers are going to like it." (Jerry
Pournelle)
"Chuck Gannon writes the kind of science fiction we all grew up on:
rousing, mind-expanding, pulse-pounding sagas of spaceships and aliens.
He's a terrific writer, and we're lucky to have him." (Robert J. Sawyer)
"[A] strong [writer of]...military SF...[much] action going on in
his work, with a lot of physics behind it. There is a real sense of the
urgency of war and the sacrifices it demands." (Locus)
About the Black Tide Rising series:
"Not only has Ringo found a mostly unexplored corner of the zombie
landscape, he's using the zombie frame to tackle a broader theme: the
collapse and rebirth of civilization. The zombie scenes are exciting,
sure, but its the human story that keeps us involved. A fine series."
(Booklist)
"Ringo combines humor and horror in this strong series debut, the
thinking reader's zombie novel." (Publishers Weekly on Under a
Graveyard Sky)
About the work of Charles E. Gannon:
Caine's Mutiny:
"This is military science fiction the way it's supposed to be
written.... All in all, a highly satisfying tale of the Terran Republic
that moves the story forward and sets us up for the next chapter, which
promises to be interesting at worst and explosive at best."
(SFcrowsnest)
Raising Caine:
"This is science-fiction adventure on a grand scale." (Kirkus)
"Gannon's harrowing...military space opera (following Trial by Fire)
builds well on his established setting...Gannon's signature attention to
developing realistic alien worlds makes this installment satisfying."
(Publishers Weekly)
