It looked like a no-brainer to defense attorney Major Maxwell Becker. A starship captain has gone a little crazy and killed two of his crewmen in cold blood. Just plead insanity, make sure they give his client a nice, comfortable, padded cell, and go skiing at Aspen. But the captain refuses to cop an insanity plea. He insists that the two crew members he killed were not humans, but aliens. That's his story, and he's sticking by it. So Becker reluctantly goes through the motions of trying to prove his case-- --and suddenly ...
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It looked like a no-brainer to defense attorney Major Maxwell Becker. A starship captain has gone a little crazy and killed two of his crewmen in cold blood. Just plead insanity, make sure they give his client a nice, comfortable, padded cell, and go skiing at Aspen. But the captain refuses to cop an insanity plea. He insists that the two crew members he killed were not humans, but aliens. That's his story, and he's sticking by it. So Becker reluctantly goes through the motions of trying to prove his case-- --and suddenly his witnesses start getting transferred or disappearing, and when he finally finds one he realizes there are holes in his story... and suddenly Becker is running for his life, hunted by every branch of the military. He can't figure it out: he's a loyal officer, he's just doing his job as a military attorney, he's never broken a law, there are no aliens: so why does everybody want him dead? Join Hugo- and Nebula-winning author Mike Resnick as he chronicles Becker's desperate attempt to learn the only thing that can save him: the truth. "Few stories move any faster or capture the reader any more completely than does "Second Contact."" --"Comic Buyers' Guide" "Veteran readers of science fiction are pretty hard to surprise, but Resnick's denoument in "Second Contact" is an almost-guaranteed eyebrow-lifter." --"Cincinnati Post" "Resnick weaves a tight and well-paced SF murder mystery with a pleasingly logical yet unexpected resolution." --"Publisher's Weekly" ""Second Contact" is one of those books you keep telling yourself you'll only read a portion of at a time, and then finish in a single sitting." --"Science Fiction Chronicle" "Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative, and above all, galactically grand." --"Los Angeles Times"
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Good. Light edge and corner wear. Pages still clean and tight. All orders shipped with tracking number and e-mail confirmation. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.
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New. No dust jacket as issued. (022907) 1st Mass market paperback edition is brand new in Near Mint condition with slight age browing outside page edges. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade.
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Near Fine. Signed by Author First printing November 1990 in Near Fine condition. Cover art by David Hardy. Signed on the title page (signature only) by Mike Resnick.
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Good- Book Sci-fi novel offering a futuristic murder mystery involving a space officer murdering alien spies masquerading as his crewmen on a Naval ship, the trial being high-stakes politics and diplomatic landmines. Softcover, 276pp., book shows moderate general wear. A good reading copy. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
