{"product_id":"the-disappeared-a-retrieval-artist-novel-paperback","title":"The Disappeared: A Retrieval Artist novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristine Kathryn Rusch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Endeavor Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"...one of the top science fiction sagas in recent years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Midwest Book Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhose rules does Detective Miles Flint live by?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumans and aliens have formed a loose government called the Earth Alliance, with treaties that guarantee humans are subject to alien laws when on alien soil. But alien laws often seem senseless, and minor violations draw outrageous punishments-from death to the loss of a first-born child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles Flint grapples with three cases that have collided: a stolen space-yacht filled with dead bodies, two kidnapped human children, and a human woman on the run to avoid alien prosecution, trying to become one of the Disappeared. Flint must enforce the law-giving the children to aliens, solving the murders, and arresting the woman for running from the legal system. But how can he enforce laws that are unjust? How can he sacrifice innocents to a system he's not sure he believes in? How can Miles Flint do the right thing in a universe where the right thing is very, very wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Flint's first adventure in the 15-book series, the story that turns him from a police detective in the Armstrong Dome on the Moon into a Retrieval Artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003ePart CSI, part Blade Runner, and part hard-boiled gumshoe,  Retrieval Artist] Miles Flint would be as at home on a foggy San Francisco street in the 1940s as he is in the domed lunar colony of Armstrong City.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cem\u003eThe Edge Boston\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rusch has created an entertaining blend of mystery and sf, a solid police drama that asks hard questions about what justice between cultures, and even species, really is.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Booklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It feels like a popular TV series crossed with a Spielberg film-engaging.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Locus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Disappeared is a very readable, very thought-provoking novel that lives up to every expectation we have of Rusch and her considerable talents. Buy and enjoy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Analog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUSA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov's Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award. To keep up with everything she does, go to kriswrites.com. To track her many pen names and series, see their individual websites (krisnelscott.com, kristinegrayson.com, krisdelake.com, retrievalartist.com, divingintothewreck.com, fictionriver.com). She lives and occasionally sleeps in Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737112318015,"sku":"9780615458564","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d8dee972296f9c2df693d3fccf012faa.webp?v=1765148871","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-disappeared-a-retrieval-artist-novel-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}