by Nancy Kress · Tor Science Fiction · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780765343895
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«Crossfire» is the science fiction novel by Nancy Kress, published by Tor Science Fiction in paperback (368 pages, in English).
A human colony led by Jake Holman settles on a remote planet and discovers humanoid aliens with primitive tools that seem not to originate there. Upon learning the truth, the colonists find themselves embroiled in an interstellar war and must choose a side, with humanity's future at stake.
First installment of the Cosmic Crossfire series. The cover mentions that Nancy Kress is a winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Recommended for science fiction readers, especially those seeking alien contact, space opera, and adventures in interstellar colonies.
Nancy Anne Kress is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella Beggars in Spain (1991), which became a novel in 1993. She also won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2013 for After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, and in 2015 for Yesterday's Kin. In addition to her novels, Kress has written numerous short stories and is a regular columnist for Writer's Digest. She is a regular at Clarion Workshops. During the winter of 2008/09, Nancy Kress was the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig, Germany.
