Requiem of Stars

Tracy Hickman

Bantam Books, 1996 - Fiction - 376 pages

Here's the long-awaited solo novel--the first of an imaginative interstellar trilogy--from the co-author of the "New York Times" bestselling "Death Gate" saga, Tracy Hickman.With more than ten million copies of the "Death Gate" novels in print, Tracy Hickman's talent is widely recognized. Now this popular fantasist begins an epic trilogy set in future space. The war-like Arachta, aliens from the past, invade the Earth searching for a cure to the plague that will spell their own demise if they're unsuccessful.

Contents

• THE CALLING: 1
• HEROES: 3
• ABANDON: 14

About the author

Tracy Hickman was born on November 26, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He entered the Missionary Home in Salt Lake City in 1975. From there, he was sent to Hawaii for language training for his eventual trip to Singapore. He was stationed in Hawaii and taught at the Mission House while waiting for his visa to come in. He preached the Mormon way of life in Indonesia for a year and a half. He was honorably released in 1977, and held a series of odd jobs after returning to the states including glass worker, television assistant director, and drill press operator in a genealogy center. In 1981, he approached by TSR about buying two of his gaming modules. He was hired by the company instead and began working with Margaret Weis. They wrote the DragonLance Chronicles together as well as over 40 books. He wrote two solo novels Requiem of Stars and The Immortals.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Requiem of Stars; Bantam spectra science fiction; Book 1 of Songs of the stellar wind, Tracy Hickman
• Author: Tracy Hickman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bantam Books, 1996
• ISBN: 0553573020, 9780553573022
• Length: 376 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General