Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award-winning SF writer Michael Flynn returns to space opera with Up Jim River.

There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small world out beyond Die Bold. It is a longish river as such things go, with a multitude of bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose everything.

Going up it, you can find anything. The Hound Bridget ban has vanished and her employer, the Kennel (the mysterious superspy agency of the League) has given up the search. But her daughter, the harper Mearana, has not. She enlists the scarred man, Donovan, to aid her in her search. With the reluctant assent and financial aid of the Kennel, they set forth. Bridget ban was following hints of an artifact that would "protect the League from the Confederacy for aye." Mearana is eager to follow that trail, but Donovan is reluctant, because whatever is at the end of it made a Hound disappear. What it would do to a harper and a drunk is far too easy to imagine.

Donovan's mind had been shattered by Those of Name, the rulers of the Confederacy, and no fewer than seven quarreling personalities now inhabit his skull. How can he hope to see her through safely? Together, they follow Bridget ban's trail to the raw worlds of the frontier, edging ever closer to the uncivilized and barbarian planets of the Wild.

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Praise for this book

“Acclaimed SF writer Flynn delivers an epic tale of adventure, intrigue, suspense, and mystery….The plot evokes old-school space opera with its whirlwind ace, immense scope, and twist ending, but cutting-edge extrapolation breathes vivid life into this universe of scoundrels, heroes, and romantics. This multi-layered story demands much of the reader, but it offers more than equivalent rewards.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The January Dancer

“Composed with structural brilliance, invested with authentic human feeling, and redolent not only of its SF precursors but of archetypal myths that echo timelessly through life and art, The January Dancer is a masterpiece.” —Locus on The January Dancer




About the Author

Michael Flynn lives in Easton, Pennsylvania.


Title: Up Jim River
Author(s): Michael Flynn
Volume: 2
ISBN: 9781429937832
Copyright 2010
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
Format: mobi,ePub | Learn More about our supported formats
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