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Outpost on Io by Leigh Brackett

Outpost on Io

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Leigh Brackett

Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · November 17, 2020

In a crystalline death lay the only release for those prisoners of that Ionian hell-outpost.

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Who it’s for
On Io, MacVickers and his fellow prisoners face escape as Europan conquest threatens the Solar System.
Genres
Space Opera, Sci-Fi Adventure, Alien Contact
Published
Start Publishing LLC, November 17, 2020

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About this book

In a crystalline death lay the only release for those prisoners of that Ionian hell-outpost. Yet MacVickers and the men had to escape—for to remain meant the conquering of the Solar System by the inhuman Europans. Leigh Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes Back shortly before her death in 1978.

Prisoners on Io

On Io, MacVickers and his fellow prisoners face escape as Europan conquest threatens the Solar System.

Come here for

  • A prison outpost on Io
  • An escape tied to the fate of the Solar System

Expect

  • A crystalline death described as the prisoners’ only release
  • Europans identified as inhuman

Where it sits

Space Opera95%
Alien Contact40%
Sci-Fi Adventure28%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi
  • Space Opera
Authors
Leigh Brackett
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
November 17, 2020
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Sci-Fi