by Kris Rusch | Dec 12, 2017
Retrieval Artist Anniversary Day Boxed Set: Books 1-8
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
All 8 novels from this blockbuster saga in one boxed set.
Where will you be when the bombs go off?
From international bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch comes the Anniversary Day Saga, an epic, eight-book story of conspiracy, revenge and shadowy justice.
In the domed cities of the Moon, between human greed and alien laws, between morality and justice, one man stands at the apex between right and wrong. Miles Flint, no stranger to tough cases, walks a razor edge as he and others struggle to save the Moon from total destruction. And in Flint’s world, the truth always comes with consequences.
“The Retrieval Artist universe is rich and exciting, and Rusch’s characters are real beings (Human and otherwise) struggling against overwhelming odds. The thrills are nonstop, and the tension keeps increasing with each successive book [in the Anniversary Day Saga]. If you’re a nail-biter, you might want to wear gloves for these.”
by Kris Rusch | Oct 1, 2016
Inhuman Garbage
A Retrieval Artist Universe Novella
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Years before the Anniversary Day crisis, Armstrong Police Detective Noelle DeRicci investigates a body dumped in a compost bin.
But what seems like a regular murder case suddenly puts everyone she knows at risk.
And it poses a very political question: How far should she push for the rights of clones?
Winner of the 2015 Asimov’s Readers’ Choice Award for Best Novella.
“Inhuman Garbage,” first published in Asimov’s, appears in a different form in Book Seven of the Anniversary Day Saga, Starbase Human.
We get some surprising revelations in a story rich with intrigue mixed with science fiction and police procedural. Rusch is so good at this sort of thing. This will be on my Hugo Short List for Novella next year.
by Kris Rusch | Apr 18, 2016
Sole Survivor
A Retrieval Artist Universe Short Story
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
From the award-winning, bestselling Retrieval Artist Universe comes a story about a pulse-pounding race for survival and a foreshadowing of dangerous events yet to unfold.
Takara Hamasaki made plans to leave the far-flung starbase for weeks, but something always stopped her. Until today. Now, she finds herself running for her life as bodies fall all around her, cut down by dozens of identical-looking men. If only she can reach her ship, maybe she can escape. Because one thing seems perfectly clear: The men attacking the starbase plan to leave no survivors.
“Sole Survivor,” first published in Fiction River: Pulse Pounders, appears in a different form in Book Seven of the Anniversary Day Saga, Starbase Human.
by Kris Rusch | Feb 19, 2014
The Recovery Man’s Bargain: A Retrieval Artist Short Novel
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Hadad Yu “recovers” things for a living. Things, not people, not animals. Things. Until he gets in trouble and must work for the alien Gyonnese. They want a person to answer for her crimes, and they want to use Yu to get her. He reluctantly agrees, and sets off events that will change his life and the lives around him forever. A companion piece to Recovery Man, The Recovery Man’s Bargain explores the motivations of one of the stranger characters in the Retrieval Artist universe.
“Rusch’s story is a powerful and engaging exploration of the pitfalls of moral compromise.”
by Kris Rusch | Feb 19, 2014
The Possession of Paavo Deshin: A Retrieval Artist Short Novel
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
All of his short life, Paavo Deshin has seen ghosts. The same two ghosts who have now approached him on the school playground, ghosts who look older and actually smell bad. Paavo’s cry for help brings the authorities, a few lawyers, and Retrieval Artist Miles Flint, who learns some secrets about the ghosts—and about Paavo’s parents. This short stand-alone science fiction novel in the Retrieval Artist series received a Special Mention from the prestigious international UPC contest.
The Possession of Paavo Deshin” is a masterfully crafted story. Definitely don’t miss this one.
