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Starfire
Author: Charles Sheffield
Narrator: Gary Dikeos
Unabridged: 33 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 02/06/2013
Category: Fiction - Science Fiction
Synopsis
Earth has been ravaged by galactic disasterbut the real devastation is yet to come.
The end draws nigh
The year is 2053, and Earth has barely recovered from the Alpha Centauri supernova that destroyed much of the planets infrastructure. Now the supernovas residual effecta storm of high-energy particlesis racing toward it, and an international effort has been launched out of the Sky City space colony to save the planet. But the controversial plan to build a giant protective shield is falling dangerously behind schedule. A series of unexplained murders has disrupted the Sky City workforce, so much so that a brilliant but monstrous criminal has been enlisted to track down the Sky City killer.
Then more startling news arises. Evidence indicates that the supernova was deliberately engineered and that the lethal particle storm will arrive sooner than anyone expected. But whoor whattried to destroy the Earth? And will the answer come in time to save it from its final apocalypse?