The Tangled Stars, Edward Willett
The Tangled Stars, Edward Willett
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The Tangled Stars

Author: Edward Willett

Narrator: Wayne Mitchell

Unabridged: 14 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2022

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

This new novel from an Aurora Award–winning author presents a sci-fi caper of high-stakes interstellar travel.

More than a century ago, the network of MASTTs, the space-time tunnels that made interstellar travel possible, violently collapsed, the backlash destroying a lot of the solar system's space-based infrastructure. Cooper "Coop" Douglas, a thief and conman is in serious debt to outer-system crime-lord Eric Galioto. While trying to salvage a valuable chunk of a space station destroyed by the backlash, Coop makes a startling discovery: MASTT Primus, the tunnel that used to lead to New Earth, is open again. That raises an intriguing possibility: Coop could flee the solar system and his debt to Galioto and make a new life—and possibly fortune—around another star.

Accompanied by his first mate, the wisecracking, AI-uplifted, genetically modified cat Thibauld, Coop sets out to "liberate" the solar system's only remaining functioning starship from an Earthside museum, enlisting the help of Laysa Grey, a former-lover-turned-cop on Luna. Along the way, he is pursued by Galioto and dogged by law enforcement and thugs.

And beyond MASTT Primus, the tangled stars await . . .

About Edward Willett

Edward Willett is the award-winning author of more than sixty science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction books for both children and adults. He's also the host of the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers: Conversations with Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors about the Creative Process. He successfully kickstarted and edited a new anthology, Shapers of Worlds, featuring authors who were guests during the first year of the podcast.

Among his novels are Lost in Translation; Marseguro (which won the 2009 Aurora Award for best English-language science fiction or fantasy book by a Canadian author) and its sequel Terra Insegura (a finalist for the 2010 Aurora Award); Magebane (written as Lee Arthur Chane); the Masks of Aygrima fantasy trilogy, written as E. C. Blake; and the stand-alone science fiction novel The Cityborn. His latest book series, Worldshapers, began with Worldshaper ("a rollicking contemporary fantasy," Publishers Weekly said in a starred review), and continues with Master of the World and The Moonlit World. Willett is also the author of the Shards of Excalibur modern-day YA fantasy series, I Tumble Through the Diamond Dust, a collection of science fiction and fantasy poetry published by Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, and Paths to the Stars, a collection of his short fiction, published by Shadowpaw Press.

His YA fantasy Spirit Singer won a Saskatchewan Book Award; he's been shortlisted many other times.

Besides being a writer, Willett is a professional actor and singer who has performed in dozens of plays, musicals, and operas in and around Saskatchewan, hosted local television programs, and emceed numerous public events.

He's married to a telecommunications engineer and has one daughter and a black Siberian cat named Shadowpaw.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on October 31, 2022

I came for the space opera heist, but stayed for the voice, which is the kind of wry, noirish, bantering voice I particularly enjoy. The heist, as it turns out, is not the main focus of the book; it goes off, certainly not without a hitch, but with no more of a hitch than anything else in the story,......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on November 28, 2022

The Review This was a fantastic, action-packed, and dynamic reading experience for longtime sci-fi fans. The author did an incredible job of capturing the rich atmosphere that honed in on the heist dynamics that the narrative promises while also hitting the witty charm that great sci-fi thieves who a......more

Goodreads review by Sahara on November 27, 2022

This is the first book I've read by this author, and WOW, what a ride.  I thoroughly enjoyed this story.  Let's start with Thibauld, the AI uplifted cat.  Every chapter started with a snippet from his journal and a few had me chuckling.  Willet nailed our perception of the feline species to a T.   He......more

Goodreads review by John on December 30, 2022

Edward Willett have created a perfect, witty, fast-paced read that you won’t be able to put down, and will leave you craving more. I was impressed with this book. The writing is excellent, the structure and events are great, and I did like the characters, in my opinion, based on my own interests and......more

Goodreads review by Scribble's Worth on December 05, 2022

Looking for a new sci-fi deep space novel to dive into with both feet? Then look no further than The Tangled Stars by Edward Willett. As this story unfolds, the author captivates you to the very end. Packed with drama, twists, turns, danger, and a genetically modified cat with a wicked sense of sarc......more

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