Eros at Zenith
Reeks: Tales of the Velvet Comet
Mike Resnick
- A
- young
- detective
- probes
- a
- puzzling
- murder
- on
- board
- an
- intergalactic
- pleasure
- palace
- in
- this
- science
- fiction
- mystery
- by
- a
- five-time
- Hugo
- Award–winning
- author.
Welcome
- to
- the
- Velvet
- Comet,
- whose
- business
- is
- its
- patrons'
- pleasure.
- Owned
- by
- the
- vast
- Vainmill
- Syndicate,
- the
- space
- station
- caters
- to
- the
- rich
- and
- famous,
- boasting
- casinos,
- upscale
- restaurants,
- a
- two-mile-long
- shopping
- mall,
- and
- a
- team
- of
- highly
- trained
- sex
- workers.
- It's
- a
- well-oiled
- machine,
- functioning
- twenty-four
- hours
- a
- day—until
- one
- of
- its
- guests
- is
- murdered.
The
- Syndicate
- dispatches
- its
- chief
- detective,
- Andrew
- Jackson
- Crane,
- to
- solve
- the
- case—and
- prevent
- a
- publicity
- nightmare.
- But
- the
- ambitious
- detective
- must
- navigate
- a
- twisted
- path
- to
- bring
- the
- killer
- to
- justice.
- The
- Comet's
- madam,
- the
- Black
- Pearl,
- is
- under
- orders
- to
- aid
- Crane's
- work—but
- with
- more
- than
- five
- hundred
- self-centered
- patrons
- remaining
- on
- board,
- she
- has
- other
- worries.
- The
- Dragon
- Lady,
- the
- Comet's
- head
- of
- security,
- is
- torn
- between
- her
- loyalties
- and
- her
- judgment.
- And
- the
- Comet's
- computer,
- which
- should
- be
- most
- helpful
- in
- the
- investigation,
- is
- actually
- more
- interested
- in
- psychoanalyzing
- Crane.
But
- what's
- even
- more
- troubling
- to
- Crane
- is
- that
- the
- killer
- hasn't
- left
- the
- station.
- Perhaps
- they
- all
- have
- more
- work
- to
- do
- .
- .
- .
"As
- good
- as
- its
- predecessor
- and
- in
- some
- ways
- even
- better.
- Well
- plotted,
- good
- characterizations,
- and
- an
- exotic
- setting.
- As
- good
- a
- mystery
- novel
- as
- it
- is
- science
- fiction."
- —
- Science
- Fiction
- Chronicle
The
- perfect
- choice
- for
- readers
- of
- Alan
- Dean
- Foster,
- Timothy
- Zahn,
- and
- Joe Haldeman.
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