George R. R. Martin, Gardner R. Dozois, Daniel Abraham, Daniel Abraham · 2007 · Novel
Setting: far future (colonial planet)
Like so many others, Ramon Espejo ran from the poverty and hopelessness of the Third World to the promise of a new world—joining a host of like-minded workers and dreamers aboard one of the great starships of the mysterious, repulsive Enye. But the life he found on the far-off planet of Sao Paulo was no better than the one he had abandoned.Tough, volatile, and angry—a luckless prospector hoping for that one rich strike that will make him wealthy—Ramon is content only when on his own out in the bush, far from the dirty, loud, bustling hive of humanity that he detests with sociopathic fervor. Then one night his rage and too much alcohol get the better of him, resulting in sudden bloodshed and a high-profile murder. Ramon is forced to flee into the wilderness for however long it will take for the furor to die down.Here, mercifully, almost happily alone, Ramon is once again free.
Source: OpenLibrary
Tags: LiteratureFictionScience FictionSpace coloniesHuman-alien encountersFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, science fiction, space opera
isfdb_id: 714233
openlibrary_id: OL14909498W
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