Título: Contact With Chaos
Autor: Michael Z Williamson
Sinopse: 1. Michael Z. Williamson’s Freehold has an overall sell through of 87% to date 2. Williamson will appeal to the huge audiences of David Drake and John Ringo. 3. Williamson’s military experience gives him the background and first-hand knowledge to bring an adventure yarn to vivid life and keep it moving at a breakneck pace. 4. ARC distribution 5. Advertising in Locus, more 6. Teaser excerpt in mass market of Better to Beg Forgiveness 7. Williamson backlist discounts 8. Co-op available When an exploration ship from Freehold discovered a planet with intelligent lifeforms—the first which humans had ever encountered—it should have been the most important event in history. And it might be—for all the wrong reasons. Corporations on Freehold were eager to sell high-tech toys to the Ithkuil, as the inhabitants called themselves, which had the potential to disrupt their society. Then there was the U.N., which controlled the planet Earth. Earth and Freehold were not on good terms, to put it mildly, and the U.N. immediately sent its own ship to make contact with the Ithkuil. If the authoritarians from Earth started throwing their weight around, Freehold would have to push back, causing anything from a diplomatic incident to outright war. And then another ship arrived, full of idealistic do-gooders determined to keep the Ithkuil in their unspoiled state of nature . . . The whole thing was turning into a cross between a Marx Brothers farce and a Kafkaesque nightmare, with a potential for Greek tragedy. Contact with a more advance civilization might pose a danger to the Ithkuil, but it definitely was becoming more dangerous to the human factions, and the situation was a powder keg just waiting for a spark to cause a very deadly explosion. . . .
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Contact With Chaos”, de Michael Z Williamson, publicado pela editora BAEN BOOKS, em 2009 e com 432 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: BAEN BOOKS
Páginas: 432
Ano: 2009
Edição: 1
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9781416591542
ISBN13: 9781416591542
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Baen Books costumam oferecer uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas intensas e cheias de ação, com forte presença de elementos militares, tecnológicos e fantásticos. As histórias frequentemente exploram conflitos épicos, desde batalhas em cenários históricos alternativos até guerras interestelares e aventuras espaciais, sempre com personagens que enfrentam desafios extremos e dilemas morais. O ritmo tende a ser ágil, com cenas de combate detalhadas e enredos que mesclam suspense, estratégia e, por vezes, humor irônico. O catálogo sugere um interesse especial por universos ficcionais bem construídos, onde a ciência e a fantasia se entrelaçam, e em que a sobrevivência e a honra são temas recorrentes.
