Ghostdrift - (The Finder Chronicles) by Suzanne Palmer

Book Synopsis

The final book of the Finder Chronicles, a hopepunk sci-fi caper described as Macgyver meets Firefly, by Hugo Award-winner Suzanne Palmer

"The kind of science fiction you'd get if Firefly and Pierce Brown's Red Rising had a baby--an adrenaline-packed, heist-filled ride with a heavy side of political intrigue." --BookPage (for Finder)

Fergus Ferguson, professional finder, always knew his semi-voluntary exile wouldn't last, but he isn't expecting a friend to betray him. One of the galaxy's most dangerous space pirates, Bas Belos, wants him, and what Belos wants, he gets. Belos needs help finding out what happened to his twin sister, who mysteriously disappeared at the edges of space years ago, and he makes Fergus an offer he can't refuse.

Mysterious disappearances and impossible answers are Fergus' specialties. After he reluctantly joins Belos and his crew aboard the pirate ship Sidewider, he discovers that Belos is being tracked by the Alliance. Seeking to stay one step ahead of the Alliance, Fergus and Belos find themselves marooned in the middle of the Gap between spiral arms of our galaxy, dangerously near hostile alien territory, and with an Alliance ship in hot pursuit.

That's just the beginning of the complications for Fergus' newest--and possibly last--job. The puzzle is much bigger than just Belos's lost sister, and the question of his future, retirement or not, depends on his ability to negotiate a path between aliens, criminals, and the most powerful military force he's ever encountered. The future of entire planets hangs in the balance, and it remains to be seen if it's too big for one determined man and his cranky cat.

Review Quotes

Praise for the Finder Chronicles:

"Wicked, fast-paced, and fun. This is a total romp, and I loved it." --Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-Award winning author of Ancestral Night

"Fergus Ferguson makes an excellent lead in this fast-paced hard-sf repo adventure set in space opera's sweeping scale and balanced on the heart of one very finely wrought character. Suzanne Palmer's writing is delightful." --Hugo-, Nebula-, and World-fantasy finalist Fran Wilde, author of the award-winning Bone Universe trilogy

"Finder is a raucous good time! Suzanne Palmer's Fergus Ferguson is charming, imperfect, always in trouble, and a most resourceful rogue. I can't wait for his next adventure. Characterization at its finest. Firecracker dialogue." --W. Michael Gear, New York Times-bestselling author of Outpost

"Finder proves hard SF, done brilliantly, is passionate, powerful, and brimming with humanity. Be it daily life or war in zero g, realistic communities in space or making us laugh at what clever beings we humans are, Suzanne Palmer nails it. I cannot wait for more. Highly recommended." --Julie E. Czerneda, author of Search Image

"Finder is a breathless ride." --Jacey Bedford, author of Empire of Dust

"A breakneck-paced and action-packed science-fiction adventure featuring an endearing con artist whose current mission to retrieve a stolen spaceship ignites a war.... A nonstop SF thrill ride until the very last page." --Kirkus

"Palmer makes short-distance space travel feel as comfortable as riding a bicycle, and concludes this entertaining caper with a clever resolution and a hint of intrigue. Fans of space adventure will find this a fine example of the form." --Publishers Weekly

"This will please anyone who embraces outer-space yarns." --Library Journal

"A fun, fast-moving jaunt into the zippier, zanier side of space opera." --B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

"Fergus is a great hero, dynamic and funny...fast moving and thorough." --Booklist

"I loved this last adventure in the Finder Chronicles." --Reading Reality

"This series has a delicious sense of humor which lightens up the action and any violence." --Books of My Heart

About the Author

Suzanne Palmer has been nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and the Eugie M. Foster Award. Her short fiction has won reader's awards for Asimov's, Analog, and Interzone magazines, and was listedin Locus Magazine's Recommended Reading. Her work has been included in numerous anthologies, including the 35th Annual Year's Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois and volumes two and three of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, edited by Neil Clarke.