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Orbital Burn by K. A. Bedford

Orbital Burn

K. A. Bedford

Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing · Paperback · August 26, 2003

In Orbital Burn, a seriously down on her luck unlicensed Stalktown PI named Louise "Lou" Meagher ekes out a sparse living solving petty crimes.

Space Opera for Teens
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Who it’s for
A broke, unlicensed Stalktown PI helps Dog locate his former master, Kid.
Themes
Crime investigation, Impending planetary destruction, Cybernetic and android characters
Genres
Space Opera for Teens

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In Orbital Burn, a seriously down on her luck unlicensed Stalktown PI named Louise "Lou" Meagher ekes out a sparse living solving petty crimes. She is chronically broke, clinically dead, and nervous about being evacuated from her home planet, Kestrel, which in nine days time will be hit by an unstoppable doomsday rock, known as the Bloody Bastard.

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But Lou takes on one last case: helping a cybernetically enhanced canine named Dog, ¬locate his former master, a defective biological android boy known only as Kid...

Lou Meagher’s Case

A broke, unlicensed Stalktown PI helps Dog locate his former master, Kid.

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  • Lou Meagher’s last case: locating Dog’s former master, Kid

Expect

  • A chronically broke, clinically dead PI on Kestrel
  • Kestrel faces impact from the Bloody Bastard in nine days

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Space Opera for Teens42%

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Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi
  • Space Opera
Authors
K. A. Bedford
Publisher
Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Published
August 26, 2003
Format
Paperback
Theme
Crime investigation · Impending planetary destruction · Cybernetic and android characters
Reading lane
Sci-Fi