Overstars Mail: Imperial Challenge (Overstars Mail)
Editorial Reviews
Review
Library Journal : "From a darkly humorous tale of the power of words (Death and the Librarian) to a never-before-published response to events of September 11 (Ilion), Friesner's 12 stories illustrate the author's acutely sensitive vision of wonder in the everyday world... Known primarily for his 'Star Wars' novels... Zahn's short stories also deliver strong plots and memorable characters... Zebrowski's many novels (e.g. Macrolife) mark him as a visionary as well as a master of hard sf. The ten short stories collected in In the Distance provide a benchmark of his creativity... the author expands his concept of the human condition to embrace the stars. Part of Five Star's continuing commitment to showcasing the short fiction of the genre's most prominent author's, these three volumes belong in most libraries where short sf is popular."
-- Library Journal (December 2002)
Library Journal : "...Part of Five Star's continuing commitment to showcasing the short fiction of the genre's most prominent authors, these three volumes (Death and the Librarian and Other Stories/ Star Song and Other Stories/ In the Distance, and Ahead in Time) belong in most libraries where short sf is popular."
-- Library Journal (December 2002)
Library Journal : "Four more titles in Five Star's new series (God Is an Iron and Other Stories/ Generation Gap and Other Stories/ The Lady Vanishes and Other Oddities of Nature/ Suppose They Gave a Peace and Other Stories) of short fiction by noteworthy sf authors offer a variety of tales that illustrate the depth and staying power of the genre...Most of the stories in these volumes have only appeared in periodicals. Libraries wishing to augment their sf or short fiction collections should consider any of them."
-- Library Journal (June 2002)
The Best Reviews : "Roberta Gellis has proven over and over again that she can write in any genre and have her readers avidly want more. Her work is sheer brilliance."
--The Best Reviews (August 2004)
The Midwest Book Review : "...a fine modern version of a space opera,..Gellis is a superb storyteller and she proves it with Imperial Challenge."
--The Midwest Book Review (November 2004)
Science Fiction Chronicle : "Gellis' first attempt at a space opera is a very good one, with the adventure story wrapped around a mystery,..."
-- Science Fiction Chronicle (November 2004)
Book Description
Five Star Publishing is very pleased to welcome noted romance and historical novel writer Roberta Gellis to Speculative Fiction with her sassy, star-crossed adventure.
Cyn Lystris leaves Free Trade because he is tired of making deliveries with the goods in one hand and his blaster in the other. Overstars Mail offers him a mail delivery job on a government-approved route. Life as a mailman, however, proves no less exciting when Cyn finds himself embroiled in Imperial politics. The younger son of the Mother Empress intends to challenge his corrupt brother for the throne. The Imperial Challenger boards Cyn's ship in disguise, followed by agents who want to capture or kill him. The trouble is that Cyn has no idea which of his six passengers is the Imperial, which the anti-Imperial agents, and which (if any) are just innocent bystanders along for the ride. Beside that, one of the passengers, Aimie, is particularly intriguing in an entirely different way. However pleasant, romantic adventures only add to the confusion. Foiling one attempt at sabotage and diversion from his route after another, Cyn manages to deliver the mail and the Imperial Challenger in a quick-witted, hair-raising ride through the galaxy.
Roberta Gellis has received many awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award for Historical Fantasy, and the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Overstars Mail: Imperial Challenge (Overstars Mail)
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