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The Stars, Like Dust

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What to expect

Mankind has conquered space and moved toward the starry heart of the galaxy. Earth is a planet of no importance, riddled with radioactivity by long-forgotten wars.

When assassins target his rooms and news arrives that, many light-years away, his father has been murdered, student Biron Farrill flees for his life.

Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind his father's death, and finds himself entangled in a web of deep-space rebellion, espionage, and political intrigue.

Asimov’s Galactic Empire novels are among the earliest stories by one of the twentieth century’s greatest visionaries. Filled with ideas and wonders, they are classic adventures from science fiction’s Golden Age.

Critics Review

‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age…It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’
Carl Sagan

‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’
Daily Telegraph

‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in science fiction’
The Times

Author Isaac Asimov
Narrator Jon Lindstrom
Duration 8 hours and 13 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780008516284
Format x-book®
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Genre Classic science fiction, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Politics, Science fiction, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: military, Science fiction: space exploration, Science fiction: space opera
Availability AU, GB, IE

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