''Hunted'' is a
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
novel written by Canadian author
James Alan Gardner
James Alan Gardner (born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian science fiction author.
Raised in Simcoe and Bradford, Ontario, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in applied mathematics from the University of Waterloo.
Gardner has published sci ...
, and published in the year 2000 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints.
[HarperCollins, Avon Books, HarperCollins Canada, SFBC/Avon; paperback edition 2000, Eos Books.] The novel is the fourth in Gardner's "
League of Peoples" series, after ''
Expendable
''Expendable'' is a science fiction novel by the Canadian author James Alan Gardner, published in 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints.Avon Books; HarperCollins Canada; SFBC/AvoNova. Paperback edition 1997, Eos Books. It i ...
'' (1997), ''
Commitment Hour'' (1998), and ''
Vigilant'' (1999).
Synopsis
When new Explorer Corps recruit Edward York arrives on board the starship ''Willow'', he abruptly becomes its sole survivor: everyone else simultaneously drops dead, executed by the near-omnipotent League of Peoples for violating its rule that anyone without sufficient respect for life is not allowed to travel between solar systems.
Alone on a ship full of corpses, Edward discovers a complex plot involving the alien Mandasars, in whose decades-long civil war he had a cryptic role.
Reception
At the ''
SF Site
SF may refer to:
Locations
* San Francisco, California, United States
* Sidi Fredj, Algeria
* South Florida, an urban region in the United States
* Suomi Finland, former vehicular country code for Finland
In arts and entertainment Genre ...
'', Rich Horton considered it "a very fun novel to read" and a "compelling adventure story", but faulted it for overreliance on ''
deus ex machina
''Deus ex machina'' ( , ; plural: ''dei ex machina''; English "god out of the machine") is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence. Its function ...
'' in its conclusion.
[Hunted]
reviewed by Rich Horton, at the SF Site
SF may refer to:
Locations
* San Francisco, California, United States
* Sidi Fredj, Algeria
* South Florida, an urban region in the United States
* Suomi Finland, former vehicular country code for Finland
In arts and entertainment Genre ...
; published 2000; retrieved July 9, 2017
Footnotes
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2000 Canadian novels
Novels by James Alan Gardner