The Iron Tactician (1)

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A brand new stand-alone deep space adventure from Alastair Reynolds featuring the authors long-running character Merlin who has previously appeared in Merlins Gun (1999) Hideaway (2000) and Minlas Flowers (2007). When Merlin encounters the derelict hulk of an old swallowship drifting in the middle of nowhere he cant resist investigating. He soon finds himself involved in a situation that proves far more complex than he ever anticipated. "Reynolds is one of our finest SF writers creating a universe rich with detail and thrilling in scope." -- Peter F. Hamilton Reynolds is a master of modern space opera -- Publishers Weekly Minlas Flowers is a touching heartrending story Booklist Review While it may be difficult to write grand space opera in short story form its not impossible and two linked stories Hideaway and Merlins Gun show just how well it can be done. SFSite