01870 a2200253 4500 0 0 lcc 0 0 FIC MCL MCL GEN 2022-06-30 Donation from Book Aid International 1 PS3603 CHU 2016 032459 2025-09-03 09:00:58 2024-11-22 c. 1 2022-06-30 BK 10645 10645 9780857665812 PS3603 CHU 2016 Chu, Wesley 1976 - author The Rise of Io / Wesley Chu Nottingham : Lace Market House, 2016 414 pages 20cm rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Science fiction Fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc Ella Patel - thief, con-artist and smuggler - is in the wrong place at the wrong time. One night, on the border of a demilitarized zone run by the body-swapping alien invaders, she happens upon a man and woman being chased by a group of assailants. The man freezes, leaving the woman to fight off five attackers at once, before succumbing. As she dies, to both Ella and the man's surprise, the sparkling light that rises from the woman enters Ella, instead of the man. She soon realizes she's been inhabited by Io, a low-ranking Quasing who was involved in some of the worst decisions in history. Now Ella must now help the alien presence to complete her mission and investigate a rash of murders in the border states that maintain the frail peace. With the Prophus assigned to help her seemingly wanting to stab her in the back, and the enemy Genjix hunting her, Ella must also deal with Io's annoying inferiority complex. To top it all off, Ella thinks the damn alien voice in her head is trying to get her killed. And if you can't trust the voices in your head, who can you trust? Smugglers Fiction. Swindlers and swindling Fiction. Human-alien encounters Fiction. Human-alien encounters. Smugglers. Swindlers and swindling. lcc BK 3603 CHU PS