Shadow Captain [Paperback]

Adrana and Fura Ness have finally been reunited, but both have changed beyond recognition. Once desperate for adventure, now Adrana is haunted by her enslavement on the feared pirate Bosa Sennen's ship. And rumors of Bosa Sennen's hidden cache of treasure have ensnared her sister, Fura, into single-minded obsession.Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St. Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. He stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer.Revelation SpaceandPushing Icewere shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award;Revelation Space, Absolution Gap, Diamond Dogs,andCentury Rainwere shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, andChasm Citywon the British Science Fiction Award. This wonderfully complicated, fascinating space opera carries on the adventures of teen sisters Adrana and Arafura Ness, who find themselves over their heads in deep space intrigue... [A] marvelous mix of character study and space adventure. Publishers Weekly(starred review) Shadow Captain does what a great sequel should do: it builds upon, rather than replicates, the earlier work while escalating l³’