TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobs, Bethany
TI  - These burning stars
T2  - The Kindom trilogy
SN  - 9780316463324
AV  - PS3610.A356417 T47 2023
U1  - 813/.6 23/eng/20230331
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Orbit, 
KW  - Smuggling
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Imaginary places
KW  - Secrecy
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Fantasy fiction
N1  - Includes Orbit Extras (pages 431-453) with an excerpt from book two of the Kingdom trilogy by Bethany Jacobs, and an excerpt from The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe
N2  - "Jun Ironway--hacker, con artist, and occasional thief--has gotten her hands on a piece of contraband that could set her up for life: proof that implicates the powerful Nightfoot family in a planet-wide genocide seventy-five years ago. The Nightfoots control the precious sevite that fuels interplanetary travel through three star systems. And someone is sure to pay handsomely for anything that could break their hold. Of course, anything valuable is also dangerous. The Kindom, the ruling power of the star systems, is inextricably tied up in the Nightfoots' monopoly--and they can't afford to let Jun expose the truth. They task two of their most brutal clerics with hunting her down: preternaturally stoic Chono, and brilliant hothead Esek, who also happens to be the heir to the Nightfoot empire. But Chono and Esek are haunted in turn by a figure from their shared past, known only as Six. What Six truly wants is anyone's guess. And the closer they get to finding Jun, the surer Chono is that Six is manipulating them all. It's a game that could destroy their lives and devastate the stars. And they have no choice but to see it through to the end" --
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