An edition of The Ark / Her Majesty's Starship (2000)
The Ark
By Ben Jeapes
Publish Date
November 2000
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Language
eng
Pages
459
Description:
Michael Gilmore, Captain of the HMSS Ark Royal is part of Earth’s first interstellar delegation to visit an alien planet. His passengers are an ill-tempered prince and an inscrutable quadruped alien. His First Officer is on the brink of mutiny, the ship’s A.I. seems to have turned renegade, and the neighbouring vessel harbours a genocidal maniac. What should be an prestigious honor is turning into a treacherous journey whose true purpose has yet to be revealed by their mysterious alien hosts…
subjects: space ships, extraterrestrials, rusties, space, aliens, science fiction, First Breed, starship, first contact, Children's fiction, Science fiction
People: Michael Gilmore, Arm Wild
Places: space, outer space, the Roving