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<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>...a gripping well-paced plot and a victim backstory that quickly ups the emotional stakes. -</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tar Vol</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>...a nice twist on a locked-room mystery that makes good use of its setting to provide a ticking clock element. -</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Locus</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Magazine</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>36 hours until the interstellar cruise ship </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Radost </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>arrives at the First Disembarkation Point. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>36 hours before all passengers can leave without consequence. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>36 hours for Orli the ship's detective to discover the killer of crewman Riley Kalb.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A stunning thriller from one of the best science fiction writers in the business.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>