Starspinner

STARSPINNER by Dale Aycock

Starspinner by: Dale Aycock Type: Science Fiction Size: 6x9 Trade paperback Publication Date: 4/2002 Pages: 342 Price: $18.95 ISBN: 0-595-21916-0

STARSPINNER Fleeing a dangerous and painful past, rim pilot Chris Marlow, once a director's agent for Galactic control, settles on Station Eight, the most remote of the Galactic Trans/Space Port Station system and the one that takes him furthest from his old life. On Station Eight he pursues his first love, flying his sleek one-person scanner over the warp, helping the galaxy-class ships enter and exit trans/space. However not even Marlow's ensuing six years of relative safety prepare him for what happens when his old boss, power-hungry Galactic Director Jorge Engleman, arrives declaring the station is at risk from a shadowy group of insurgents called Starspinners, and demanding Marlow's cooperation in hunting them down. Involved in spite of his resolution never to be involved again, Marlow must come to terms with his past and call upon all his previous skills to defeat the evil represented by Engleman, and resolve the mystery of Starspinners.

Dale Aycock is an award-winning poet, editor and author of two published novels, Starspinner and Stardrifter. She lives in Los Gatos, Ca., and teaches novel writing through the Community Interest Program of Metro Ed, in San Jose, California.