Heaven's War (62 page)
Authors: David S. Goyer,Michael Cassutt
Tags: #Science Fiction, #Fiction, #General, #Thrillers, #High Tech, #Adventure
“I know,” Pav said. “But you always like to hear all the options.”
“And we can’t remain silent much longer,” DSA said through its translator. “There is no evidence that we’ve been tracked, but we are detectable by telescopes that existed a human century ago.”
It was not going to be easy. In fact, if the Reivers had indeed reached Earth, Rachel and Pav and all the HBs were facing a continuation of the ugly little war her father had fought and won twenty-one years ago.
What would Zack Stewart say? Or Megan?
“Let’s go get ’em.”
BLIND TRANSMISSION RECEIVED ABOARD KEANU:
Greetings!
Colin Edgely here…discoverer of Keanu back in 2016, transmitting from an undisclosed location.
It’s twenty-one years to the day since the
Venture
and
Brahma
crews landed on Keanu, twenty-one years to the week that 187 humans were taken there by means unknown. Some of us have watched you fly away from Earth and the solar system.
Some fewer have watched you fly back.
We hope you can read this or understand it:
DON’T
[Message corrupted.]
An SF trilogy, especially an epic SF trilogy of which
Heaven’s War
is the middle chapter, takes time. We’ve been working on this since January 2007 and have a bit of road ahead of us.
So, first, thanks are due our wives, Marina Black and Cindy Cassutt, and the children, Milo, Sayle, Ryan, and Alexandra.
At Ace Books, Ginjer Buchanan, Kat Sherbo, and Rosanne Romanello. At Pan Macmillan, Julie Crisp and Bella Pagan.
Simon Lipskar at Writers House.
A special shout-out to those who supported
Heaven’s Shadow
: Rick Kleffel, Lou Anders, and Paul Cornell.
And double thanks to those who are continuing on Keanu’s journey.
D.S.G. & M.C.
Los Angeles, December 2011
Don’t miss the next book by David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt
HEAVEN’S FALL
Available in July 2013 from Ace Books!