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Last edited by Roger Loran Bailey

November 20, 2010 | History

The Darkling Plain 1 edition

By L. A. Wilson

The Darkling Plain

L. A. Wilson

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She had been murdered in a particularly gruesome manner, her head mashed to a pulp and limbs severed from her body. Since she was a call girl, one wouldn’t expect too much effort to be put into solving the case. But this call girl was once someone’s baby, and that someone just happened to be an extremely powerful congressman, and so the call went out. The murderer would be found.

Sounds like it could be taken from today’s headlines, right? Wrong. For this murder takes place in the distant future, and the man chosen to solve the case is a deep space traveler, a type of U.S. marshal for an organization called Interplanetary Enforcement. Many things have changed: people can put the aging process on hold and travel the great expanses of space. But some things have not changed, including the basic human emotions explored in this science fiction novel, The Darkling Plain, by L. A. Wilson, Jr., a dazzling achievement and great read.

Subjects

Science Fiction, Murder Mystery, Space Travel

Places

Titan, Asteroid Belt, Mars

Times

Far Future

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The Darkling Plain

Published June 1993 by Vantage Pr .
Written in English.

The Physical Object

Format	Hardcover
Dimensions	8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Weight	12.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library	OL10469367M
ISBN 10	0533102995
ISBN 13	9780533102990
OCLC/WorldCat	28569594

Goodreads

748998

History Created December 10, 2009 · 2 revisions
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November 20, 2010	Edited by Roger Loran Bailey	Added a description and some tags.
December 10, 2009	Created by WorkBot	add works page

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