Marque of Caine Marque of Caine
Book 5 - Caine Riordan

Marque of Caine

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Publisher Description

Book 5 in the critically acclaimed Caine Riordan science fiction series by three-time Nebula nominee Charles E. Gannon. Science fiction on a grand scale. Prequels Raising Caine, Trial by Fire and Fire with Fire were all Nebula Award finalists. Charles E. Gannon is also the winner of the Compton Crook Award and a Dragon Award nominee.


It’s been two years since Caine Riordan was relieved of his command for following both his orders and his conscience. Now he’s finally received the message he’s been waiting for: a summons to visit the ancient and enigmatic Dornaani. And this time, making direct contact is not just professional, but personal: the Dornaani still have his mortally-wounded love, Elena Corcoran, in their unthinkably advanced medical facilities.


But instead of arranging a swift reunion, Riordan’s new Dornaani hosts are not only disinterested in human affairs, but are in such social disarray that they have lost track of Elena’s surgical cryocell. Riordan must blaze his own trail through dying and dangerous worlds to find the mother of his child, her fate as uncertain as the true agenda of the Dornaani leaders.


However, as new clues and new threats push Caine’s quest beyond the edge of known space, he discovers that the Dornaani empire is not merely decaying; there are subtle signs that its decline is being accelerated from without. Which means that rescuing Elena is just half the mission: Riordan must report that the Dornaani collapse is not only being engineered, but that it is the prelude to a far more malign scheme:


To clear a path for a foe bent on destroying Earth.


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Charles E. Gannon is the author of Compton Crook Award winning, Nebula nominated Fire with FireTrial by Fire, and Raising Caine, in the Caine Riordan series. He is the coauthor with Eric Flint of 1636: The Papal Stakes and 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies in Eric Flint's best-selling Ring of Fire series. With best-selling Steve White, Gannon is the coauthor of Starfire series entries Extremis, and Imperative. Gannon is also the author of multiple short stories. He is a member of SIGMA, the "SF think-tank" which has advised various intelligence and defense agencies since the start of the millennium. Chuck lives near Annapolis, Maryland with his wife and children.

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2019
July 2
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
512
Pages
PUBLISHER
Baen Books
SELLER
Baen Publishing Enterprises
SIZE
645.4
KB

Customer Reviews

yobeeffoc ,

The Caine series is great.

Just finished the five book series, and now I plan to read them all again. It has been decades since I felt that way about a book or book series.

Amazing. The plot and the worlds and the exosapient beings and cultures just roll off the page and build and build. With each book the universe of Caine grows more sophisticated and mind blowing. Plus, it is a wild, action packed ride, hurtling from one adventure to the next.

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