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The Quantum Magician, 1 - (Quantum Evolution) by Derek Künsken (Paperback)

The Quantum Magician, 1 - (Quantum Evolution) by  Derek Künsken (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The breathtaking debut from acclaimed short story writer KYnsken. Belisarius is a quantum man, an engineered Homo quantus who has found a precarious balance as a con man. When a client offers him untold wealth to move a squadron of warships across an enemy wormhole, he must embrace his birthright to even try. Original.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The Ultimate Heist</b> <p/>Belisarius is a <i>Homo quantus</i>, engineered with impossible insight. But his gift is also a curse - an uncontrollable, even suicidal drive to know, to understand. Genetically flawed, he leaves his people to find a different life, and ends up becoming the galaxy's greatest con man and thief. <p/>But the jobs are getting too easy and his extraordinary brain is chafing at the neglect. When a client offers him untold wealth to move a squadron of secret warships across an enemy wormhole, Belisarius jumps at it. <p/>Now he must embrace his true nature to pull off the job, alongside a crew of extraordinary men and women. If he succeeds, he could trigger an interstellar war... or the next step in human evolution.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>...a caper worthy of Jean-Pierre Melville -- <i>The B&N SciFi and Fantasy Blog</i>-- "The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog"<br><br>...a delightfully engaging heist story. -- Caroline Mersey, <i>Science Fiction Book Club</i>--Caroline Mersey "Science Fiction Book Club"<br><br><i>The Quantum Magician</i> is the type of book you go back to... and read again -- <i>Strange Alliances</i>-- "Strange Alliances"<br><br>A boldly ambitious debut -- <i>SFX Magazine</i>-- "SFX Magazine"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Derek Künsken</b> has built genetically engineered viruses, worked with street children and refugees in Latin America, served as a Canadian diplomat, and, most importantly, taught his son about super-heroes and science. His short fiction has appeared in <i>Analog Science Fiction and Fact</i>, <i>Beneath Ceaseless Skies</i> and multiple times in <i>Asimov's Science Fiction</i>. His stories have been adapted into audio podcasts, reprinted in various Year's Best anthologies, and translated into multiple languages. They have also been short-listed for various awards, and won the <i>Asimov's</i> Readers' Award in 2013.

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