The Voyage of the Sable Keech
Book 2 of Spatterjay
Language: English
Publisher: Tor
Published: Jan 1, 2006
Pages:
528
Book Details
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Description:
“A powerhouse cocktail of lurid violence, evocative world-building and typically grotesque monsters.”— SFX
The fast-paced adventures on the remote planet Spatterjay, a dangerous waterworld filled with lethal biology, continue in the sequel to The Skinner.
Sable Keech, a reification previously deceased for more than seven hundred years, is now a walking dead man, resurrected under mysterious circumstances that may have a lot to do with the virus native to the exotic but deadly remote ocean world Spatterjay. As word of his adventures ( The Skinner ) continue to spread, the planet has become a pilgrimage site for other reifs hoping to meet similar fates.
The allure of the virus—which promises something close to immortality, even if it comes at terrible biological cost—has brought other beings to the off-Polity world as well. An ancient hive mind may be after the poison “sprine” crucial to the virus’s immortality. Deep in the ocean, a vicious alien prador has awakened from a long, virus-induced coma. And Sniper, an AI assigned as the planet’s warden, finally receives his new drone shell. It's better than his old one, with powerful engines, more lethal weapons, and thicker armour. He's going to need them.
A walking dead man, the only one ever to have been resurrected by nanochanger, goes by the name Sable Keech. The question remains: Was his success related to being infected by the Spatterjay virus, or due to his late arrival to resurrection in a tank of seawater? Taylor Bloc wants to know everything about Sable Keech s journeytracing and following his last steps. Moreover, Bloc is hungry for glory, power, and control. He ll do anything just to get the answers he seeks. A hive mind from the ancient days, almost unlike anything from the human race, has sent an agent to Spatterjay. If the mind has set its sights on the lethal poison sprine then Janer must find and stop it before it s too late. The strangest journey begins for the immortal Erlin when her solitude is rudely interrupted by an aggressive whelkus titanicus. Of course, anything is interesting if suffering the abysmal repercussions of immortality. Deep below the sea, remnants of the Spatterjay virus undergo a terrible mutation that will affect everyone. After ten long years, something dormant deep within the ocean is breaking free. Once more, the aftershocks of an ancient war will hit this watery world. For ten years, Sniper has been the Warden of Spatterjay. Now he finally takes delivery of his brand-new drone shella satisfactory version of the obsolete model. Powerful engines. Lethal weapons. Thicker armor. He ll need them."