Strider's Galaxy

In the 25th century the human species, long exiled from the devastated Earth, sent a fleet of robot probes on voyages of discovery. Their objective was to find another planet suitable for terraforming and eventual human habitation.<br><br>Ninety years later, across the empty oceans of space, the Tau Ceti probe reported success.<br><br>Now, in the year 2531, a human expedition led by Captain Leonie Strider sets off from Jupiter orbit to claim humanity's first colony world outside the Solar System. But their progress is rudely halted by a hyperspace portal that snatches them millions of parsecs off course -- and into the middle of a galactic conflict . . .<i> in someone else's galaxy</i>. They must decide whether to stay and fight or to try to find their way home.<br><br>But first they must survive . . .<br><br>At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).<br><br>[<i>Strider's Galaxy</i>] discards restraint and lets rip. Unashamedly occupying the pure entertainment end of the spectrum, this is a primary-colors read -- exotic, extravagant, zingy. Pipe-and-slippers science fiction it isn't.<br>----Stan Nicholls, <i>Time Out</i><br><br><b>John Grant</b> is the author of some seventy books. His nonfiction has included <i>The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters</i>, <i>The Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i> (with John Clute), and a series of books on the misuse and misunderstanding of science, begun with <i>Discarded Science</i> and continued most recently with <i>Denying Science</i>. His fiction has included novels like <i>The World</i>, <i>The Far-Enough Window</i> and <i>The Dragons of Manhattan</i> as well as numerous short stories, some of which have been collected as <i>Take No Prisoners</i>. For his nonfiction work he has received the Hugo (twice), the World Fantasy Award, and a number of other awards and nominations.<br><br>His <i>A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir</i>, the largest film noir encyclopedia ever published, appeared in October 2013 from Limelight. He is currently working on a YA book provisionally called <i>The Young Person's Guide to B******t</i>, scheduled for publication by Zest in Fall 2014.