The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Malazan Book of the
Fallen series, continues his hilarious science fiction series--parodying and
paying homage to exploring the final frontier--with Willful Child: The Search
for Spark.
These are the adventures of the starship A.S.F. Willful Child. Its ongoing
mission: to seek out strange new worlds on which to plant the Terran flag, to
subjugate and if necessary obliterate new life-forms.
We join the not terribly bright but exceedingly cocksure Captain Hadrian
Sawback and his motley crew on board the Starship Willful Child for a series
of devil-may-care, near-calamitous and downright chaotic adventures through
the infinite vastness of interstellar space.
Steven Erikson has taken his lifelong passion for Star Trek and transformed
it into a smart, inventive, and hugely entertaining spoof on the whole
overblown mankind-exploring-space-for-the-good-of-all-species-but-trashing-
stuff-with-a-lot-of-high-tech-gadgets-along-the-way adventure. The result is a
novel that deftly parodies the genre while also paying fond homage to it.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights
Management Software (DRM) applied.
Review
" Willful Child is a love letter to Star Trek and its fans ―a pitch-
perfect tour de force."―Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Red
Planet Blues
"Cleverly written and brilliantly funny with a charming, handsome―and self-
absorbed―hero at the center of the story.... With an imaginative plot, plenty
of action and a lively pace, Willful Child and Erikson do not disappoint. "―
RT Book Reviews
__" Willful Child is a gloriously snarky send-up of Star Trek , a
hilarious chronicle of either a mad genius or a cunning egomaniac and a space
opera that covers all the usual galactic bases with wit and charm...."― San
Jose Mercury News
About the Author
Steven Erikson is an archaeologist and anthropologist and a graduate of the
Iowa Writers ' Workshop. His New York Times bestselling Malazan Book of the
Fallen has met with widespread international acclaim and established him as a
major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. The first book in the series,
Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. The second
novel, Deadhouse Gates, was voted one of the ten best fantasy novels of 2000
by SF Site. He lives in Canada.
Description:
The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen series, continues his hilarious science fiction series--parodying and paying homage to exploring the final frontier--with Willful Child: The Search for Spark.
These are the adventures of the starship A.S.F. Willful Child. Its ongoing mission: to seek out strange new worlds on which to plant the Terran flag, to subjugate and if necessary obliterate new life-forms.
We join the not terribly bright but exceedingly cocksure Captain Hadrian Sawback and his motley crew on board the Starship Willful Child for a series of devil-may-care, near-calamitous and downright chaotic adventures through the infinite vastness of interstellar space.
Steven Erikson has taken his lifelong passion for Star Trek and transformed it into a smart, inventive, and hugely entertaining spoof on the whole overblown mankind-exploring-space-for-the-good-of-all-species-but-trashing- stuff-with-a-lot-of-high-tech-gadgets-along-the-way adventure. The result is a novel that deftly parodies the genre while also paying fond homage to it.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Review
" Willful Child is a love letter to Star Trek and its fans ―a pitch- perfect tour de force."―Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Red Planet Blues
"Cleverly written and brilliantly funny with a charming, handsome―and self- absorbed―hero at the center of the story.... With an imaginative plot, plenty of action and a lively pace, Willful Child and Erikson do not disappoint. "― RT Book Reviews
__" Willful Child is a gloriously snarky send-up of Star Trek , a hilarious chronicle of either a mad genius or a cunning egomaniac and a space opera that covers all the usual galactic bases with wit and charm...."― San Jose Mercury News
About the Author
Steven Erikson is an archaeologist and anthropologist and a graduate of the Iowa Writers ' Workshop. His New York Times bestselling Malazan Book of the Fallen has met with widespread international acclaim and established him as a major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. The first book in the series, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. The second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was voted one of the ten best fantasy novels of 2000 by SF Site. He lives in Canada.