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Orion Arm: The Rampart Worlds: Book 2 Book
Julian May's "Rampart Worlds" space-opera romps began with Perseus Spur; this is volume two. Asahel "Helly" Frost, disgraced scion of the mighty Rampart interstellar family company, again finds himself working for them as a wisecracking, spacefaring James Bond against the evil Galapharma corporation which is selling priceless human know-how and DNA to the alien Haluk--cunning devils who've developed a "demiclone" process for turning reptilian Haluks into human form and vice-versa. The slam-bang action moves through various cinematic set-pieces: assignations in genetically enhanced brothels so lewd than even very bad men puke at the attractions offered; Frost betrayed and not killed outright but left in a deathtrap with one slim chance of escape; a high-tech strike against a secret Haluk base closely resembling the one in Perseus Spur; much blood and mayhem thanks to deep-penetration Galapharma traitors planted within Rampart and indeed Frost's own family; murderous last-minute reversals at the crucial board meeting, followed by a final shoot-out and offing of the archvillain in a way that might just allow his return for book three. Orion Arm offers colourful, tongue- in-cheek violence and drama which pulls you along but refuses to be taken seriously. -- David LangfordRead More
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- 0002246244
- 9780002246248
- Julian May
- 21 June 1999
- Voyager
- Hardcover (Book)
- 368
- First Edition
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