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The Stardust Grail
A Science Fiction Novel by Yume Kitasei
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Space Opera,
- Heist,
- Artifact Adventure
This book is for you if you're into...
- Galaxy-hopping heists with high-stakes alien artifacts
- Ex-art thieves pulled back in for one last impossible job
- Visions of the future that threaten friendships and fate
From Little Stack
Ocean’s Eleven in space—do I really need to say more? In The Stardust Grail, a crew is assembled to retrieve a powerful alien artifact that is the last surviving remnant of an alien species gone extinct. Inevitably, it’s immensely valuable, wanted by multiple rival factions, but may hold mysteries and secrets from that lost civilization. Though it begins as a classic heist story, the focus soon shifts from “Can we steal it?” to “What do we do with it now that we know of its cultural significance?” Profit, power, responsibility, and preservation all collide in this brilliant sci-fi adventure.
Save one world. Doom her own.
Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilizations—until a disastrous job forced her into hiding. Now she just wants to enjoy a quiet life as a graduate student of anthropology, but she's haunted by persistent and disturbing visions of the future.
Then an old friend comes to her with a job she can't refuse: find a powerful object that could save an alien species from extinction. Except no one has seen it in living memory, and they aren't the only ones hunting for it.
Maya sets out on a breakneck quest through a universe teeming with strange life and ancient ruins. But the farther she goes, the more her visions cast a dark shadow over her team of friends new and old. Someone will betray her along the way. Worse yet, in choosing to save one species, she may condemn humanity and Earth itself.
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