Following the debacle on their ship in "Heavy Time", Dekker and Pollard have been separated. Pollard has been testing out new, fast, powerful ships - the Hellburners - but something's gone wrong and Dekker is brought back to find out what.
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR004094425
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Hardback: 8¾" x 5½". Zustand: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1st Edition. © 1992: 2nd in the 'Company Wars' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: Training on the Hellburners wasn't easy. These new ships were powerful, fast, and unstable, so most of the training took place in simulators - but even then there were problems. And Dekker became a problem. He'd been found, nearly dead in a simulator: and they needed to know what had gone wrong. Because the Hellburners weren't just any ship, they were expensive - $4 billion worth of the latest interactive technology; 90% fuel, engines and weapons - and they were Earth's new, secret defense against the enemies that were building up, out there in deep space. Dekker had come in from the cold of deep space, so who better to talk him into some kind or reality again than his old comrade, Pollard. But Pollard was none to happy about this; he'd been doing fine in his quiet way and had almost managed to get himself transferred down to Earth for the first time. And when he found out what a mess Dekker was in - and that he had to sort it all out - Pollard was even less pleased. But that was just the start, because Earth's enemies were all around them - and no one wanted the Hellburner pilots dying in the simulators when they could be out there flying the ships for real. Its down to Pollard and his team to find out why the tests are killing the pilots - and how to get clear of their new-found enemies:- Review(s): ""'Hellburner' tastes of metal, flesh, speed, intolerable complexities matched by fast minds; it really is the taste of the future" - John Clute / "Cherryh's Merchanters universe is quite simply one of the best yet produced by SF" - Fear / "One of the finest writers SF has to offer" - SF Chronicle:- (original cost £14.99). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 17.009.00022
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 359 pages. dj chipped, faded and worn Ben Pollard has been developing his career within the powerful Earth Company, while his shipmate and nemesis Dekker works as a fighter pilot in the development of the Hellburners, the fighting wing of the Earth Company fleet. When Dekker's crewmates are killed in a test and he is injured . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2589o
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition UK. First UK edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, and page block is slightly blemished. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Used. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 540445
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hellburner shows C.J.Cherryh on peak form, reuniting the protagonists Polllard and Dekker from ' Time', with the burgeoning battle between the union and the alliance forces beginning to take shape. There is light wear and creasing to the d/w and it also has a spine lean. There is light marking to the text block. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 04248
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Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. 359pp. 8.8 inches. Red buckram, gilt titles. Slight forward lean, faintly foxed tops. Internally as new, no owner's marks. In original pictorial jacket, the cover artist not known, about as new with minor shelfwear only. Set in the Alliance-Union universe, and a splendid edgy, involving novel. True 1st edition preceding US edition by 3months. Scarce in this edition. 600g (Science fiction, Space Opera, Alliance, Union, Merchanters) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers C14454
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