Series
Publication
New York : Ace Books, 2011.
Description
Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. HTML:The two-time Hugo Award-winner expands the universe of his Coyote saga. The danui, a reclusive arachnid species considered the galaxy's finest engineers, have avoided contact with the Coyote Federation. Until, that is, the danui initiate trade negotiations, offering only information: the coordinates for an unoccupied world suitable for human life-a massive sphere, composed of billions of hexagons. But when the Federation's recon mission goes terribly wrong, the humans realize how little they know about their new partners...
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LibraryThing member vloxy
The main quality for Hex is the premise and technology being explored in the narrative. What I found lacking was the rush to find solutions to the situations. An extra 100 pages may have done this book justice since for me it was a fast read--I am typically a slow reader. It is certainly an
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excellent addition to the Coyote universe. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cataloger623
Standalone novel from the Coyote Universe. It was enjoyable but not as special as the other books in this series were. I hope Allen Steele does more stories in the Coyote Universe but with more tie ins to his prior works
LibraryThing member buffalogr
The book is a continuation of the Coyote novels and is the 8th in the series. The main quality for Hex is the technology being explored in the narrative. That the Coyote leadership allows/chooses a bored and nearing retirement starship captain and a corporate vice president to represent a whole
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planet in it's first contact with another race is a lunacy developed by the author and to his credit. The sense of entitlement, selfishness, rudeness shown by the humans as they stumbled through the story and Hex, was the lesson from the book. It is certainly an excellent addition to the Coyote universe. Show Less
LibraryThing member LisCarey
I listened to the unabridged audio edition; however, Amazon will not allow me to link to that, so I've linked to the paperback edition.
Andromeda Carson, captain of the Coyote merchant ship Montoya, is getting bored with standard commercial runs where, due to the fact that humans aren't yet fully
It's a stunning offer, but they need an experienced and reliable ship and crew to make the first journey there and determine whether this too-good-to-be-true offer is real. The danui system, after all, appears to have a gas giant close in to its primary--a "hot Jupe"--and such systems aren't noted for having a plethora of smaller, rocky, potentially habitable worlds. There also appears to be a rather strange dust nebula around the star.
Of course Carson agrees to take her ship on this potentially risky reconnaissance. Then her life is further enlivened by the news that her estranged son is a member of the Explorers' Corp team that will be joining her.
Steele is a master storyteller, and gives us a wonderful tour of the unexpected reality of the danui home system. Saying anything else would be a spoiler. If you like solidly constructed sf grounded in good science, with good characters and plot, you'll enjoy this.
Recommended.
Andromeda Carson, captain of the Coyote merchant ship Montoya, is getting bored with standard commercial runs where, due to the fact that humans aren't yet fully
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accepted or trusted in the Talis, she and the crew rarely even get to disembark, much less explore. She's beginning to reluctantly contemplate retirement when her boss, Ted Harker, approaches her with an unexpected proposal. The most mysterious race in the Talis, the danui, have indirectly approached Coyote with an offer of a human-habitable planet in their home solar system.It's a stunning offer, but they need an experienced and reliable ship and crew to make the first journey there and determine whether this too-good-to-be-true offer is real. The danui system, after all, appears to have a gas giant close in to its primary--a "hot Jupe"--and such systems aren't noted for having a plethora of smaller, rocky, potentially habitable worlds. There also appears to be a rather strange dust nebula around the star.
Of course Carson agrees to take her ship on this potentially risky reconnaissance. Then her life is further enlivened by the news that her estranged son is a member of the Explorers' Corp team that will be joining her.
Steele is a master storyteller, and gives us a wonderful tour of the unexpected reality of the danui home system. Saying anything else would be a spoiler. If you like solidly constructed sf grounded in good science, with good characters and plot, you'll enjoy this.
Recommended.
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Language
Original publication date
2011
Physical description
331 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
9780441020362