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![City of Ruins: A Diving Novel (The Diving Series Book 2) by [Kristine Kathryn Rusch]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51hftmDzDsL._SY346_.jpg)
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Years after stumbling across her first Dignity Vessel, Boss now leads a team of people searching for “loose” stealth technology. She takes a team to Vaycehn to investigate a phenomenon called death holes, thinking they might lead her to stealth tech.
Captain Jonathon “Coop” Cooper and the crew of the Ivoire finally find a way out of foldspace despite their damaged anacapa drive. But he soon realizes the ship’s return to normal space is anything but normal.
Coop and Boss hold the answer to questions both seek. But what they discover will change everything.
“City of Ruins has two great strengths going for it. One is the characters. Rusch does a marvelous job of bringing even minor characters to life…. The other appeal is the constant tension….Each scene is a taut wire, ready to snap.”
—Josh Vogt, SpeculativeFictionExaminer.com
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateAugust 16, 2013
- File size1274 KB
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“Think of the Diving universe as an exciting mystery saga, pitting the drama of ship salvage against the dangers of space.”
— Astroguyz

“Rusch delivers a page-turning space adventure while contemplating the ethics of scientists and governments working together on future tech.”
—Publisher’s Weekly

“Rusch’s handling of the mystery and adventure is stellar, and the whole tale proves quite entertaining.”
—Booklist Online

“By mixing cerebral and investigative elements, emotional character segments, and the adrenaline of action, Rusch tells a complete yet varied tale that will please science fiction readers looking for something different from the usual fare.”
—Publishers Weekly
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"The Diving Universe, conceived by Hugo-Award winning author Kristine [Kathryn] Rusch is a refreshingly new and fleshed out realm of sci-fi action and adventure." --Astroguyz
"Kristine Kathryn Rusch is best known for her Retrieval Artist series, so maybe you've missed her Diving Universe series. If so, it's high time to remedy that oversight." --Analog
"This is classic sci-fi, a well-told tale of dangerous exploration. The first-person narration makes the reader an eye witness to the vast, silent realms of deep space, where even the smallest error will bring disaster. Compellingly human and technically absorbing, the suspense builds to fevered intensity, culminating in an explosive yet plausible conclusion." --RT Book Reviews (Top Pick) on Diving into the Wreck
"Rusch delivers a page-turning space adventure while contemplating the ethics of scientists and governments working together on future tech." --Publishers Weekly on Diving into the Wreck
"Rusch keeps the science accessible, the cultures intriguing, and the characters engaging. For anyone needing to add to their science fiction library, keep an eye out for this." --Speculative Fiction Examiner on City of Ruins
"Rusch's latest addition to her Diving series features a strong, capable female heroine and a vividly imagined far-future universe. Blending fast-paced action with an exploration of the nature of friendship and the ethics of scientific discoveries, this tale should appeal to Rusch's readers and fans of space opera." --Library Journal on Boneyards
"Rusch follows Diving into the Wreck and City of Ruins with another fast-paced novel of the far future... [Rusch's] sensibilities will endear this book to readers looking for a light, quick space adventure with strong female protagonists." --Publishers Weekly on Boneyards
"...a fabulous outer space thriller that rotates perspective between the divers, the Alliance and to a lesser degree the Empire. Action-packed and filled with twists yet allowing the reader to understand the motives of the key players, Skirmishes is another intelligent exciting voyage into the Rusch Diving universe." --The Midwest Book Review on Skirmishes
"A skillful blend of science fiction and murder mystery which keeps ratcheting up the stakes." --Worlds Without End on The Falls
"[The Runabout] is so good, it will make you want to read the other stories." --SFRevu on The Runabout
"By mixing cerebral and investigative elements, emotional character segments, and the adrenaline of action, Rusch tells a complete yet varied tale that will please science fiction readers looking for something different from the usual fare." --Publishers Weekly on Searching for the Fleet
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- ASIN : B00ELXOWI8
- Publisher : WMG Publishing, Inc. (August 16, 2013)
- Publication date : August 16, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 1274 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
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- Screen Reader : Supported
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- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 378 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #417,274 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,095 in Time Travel Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #3,843 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #5,424 in Science Fiction Adventure
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About the author

New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov’s Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award.
Publications from The Chicago Tribune to Booklist have included her Kris Nelscott mystery novels in their top-ten-best mystery novels of the year. The Nelscott books have received nominations for almost every award in the mystery field, including the best novel Edgar Award, and the Shamus Award.
She writes goofy romance novels as award-winner Kristine Grayson.
She also edits. Beginning with work at the innovative publishing company, Pulphouse, followed by her award-winning tenure at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, she took fifteen years off before returning to editing with the original anthology series Fiction River, published by WMG Publishing. She acts as series editor with her husband, writer Dean Wesley Smith.
To keep up with everything she does, go to kriswrites.com and sign up for her newsletter. To track her many pen names and series, see their individual websites (krisnelscott.com, kristinegrayson.com, retrievalartist.com, divingintothewreck.com, fictionriver.com, pulphousemagazine.com).
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Boss sleeps on Nobody's Business, but never on the singleship. She always has it on manual mode looking for wrecks and spends her sleep periods in stations. On one voyage, she finds a Dignity Vessel.
In this novel, Boss is a professional, who has dived into over a thousand wrecked ships. She now manages a wreck-diving company that is also researching stealth technology. She has four Dignity Vessel wrecks tethered to her station and parts of two more on nearby ships.
Mikk and Roderick are the best professional divers in the company. They have made many dives through wrecked ships, including Dignity Vessels.
Ilona and Tamaz are trained divers. They work for Boss.
Matthew Bridge, Lentz and Gregory are scientists in the company. They have some dive training, but are not professional divers.
Lucretia Stone and Bernadette Ivy are archaeologists in the company. They too have some dive training.
Orlando Rea, Fahd Al-Nasir, Elaine Seager, Nyssa Quinte, Rollo Kerstin, and Julian DeVries have some dive training, but definitely are not professional divers. Yet they have a gene marker that indicates that they are not susceptible to the effects of stealth technology. These Six were lured away from the Empire researchers.
Jonathan Cooper is the captain of the Ivoire. They have escaped an attack by the Quurzod, but received damage. They have spent two weeks repairing the anacapa drive. Coop is now taking the ship to the Sector V base under Venice.
In this story, Ilona has found mentions of people dying in the tunnels underneath Vahcehn. The deaths seem much like the effects of stealth technology. Boss and twenty-nine others arrive in the city to check the causes of these deaths.
Vahceln is within the Empire and is the oldest city in the sector. The city government is not very cooperative, but Ilona gets permission for a team to examine the tunnels. The city does insist that the team use licensed guides.
Boss is not convinced that the deaths result from stealth tech, but she is gradually changing her mind. They find a tunnel under the city that has the sounds of stealth tech. When she returns with the Six to check out the area, they find a huge cavern with unknown technology.
Then a ship appears in the middle to the cavern. Luckily for Rea, Boss senses the changes and calls him out of the landing zone. Boss has a problem fighting off the gids when an active Dignity Vessel lands in front of her.
Meanwhile, the crew of the Ivoire are relieved that their ship has made it to the repair facility. Then they notice Boss and the Six within the cavern. Coop tells his crew to remain in the vessel and observe the intruders.
This tale has the Coop and his crew making contact with strangers from their future. Fahd and a linguist from the ship have found a language that they both partially understand. Both crews start studying their recordings of the meetings.
Boss shocks the Fleet crew by telling them how much time has passed since the base was last active. She also tries to explains their situation. Coop finally refuses to believe her without proof.
This story concludes with the diver crew fleeing the planet. The next installment in this series is Boneyards .
Highly recommended for Rusch fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of time travel, lost spaceships, and ship salvage. Read and enjoy!
-Arthur W. Jordin
When they start to examine the caves, they inadvertently turn on some equipment that is still functioning after centuries. Then an intact, fully functioning, very legendary Dignity Vessel appears in the cave, apparently out of thin air, with a full crew who don’t realize that they have missed the last five thousand years.
This is a very entertaining, exciting, and enjoyable book. I finished the last fifth of it in one go (even though it wasn’t a lunch hour.) The end was “happy” but totally open, and I look forward to the next part. It may take a few months before I get to it, Hugo award reading and all…
I only stumbled across Ms Rusch's writing recently. How have I managed to not notice her? It's not as if she hasn't been writing for quite a while! I suspect I've drifted away from SF due to difficulty finding anything much I've thought worth reading in recent times. In fact I was sufficiently cautious that I read a couple of Ms Rusch's shorter works first just to make sure I wouldn't waste my time. I didn't! I've read and enjoyed her Retrieval Artist books (up to but not yet including Anniversary Day) but thought it was time to rest myself from that series and explore some of her other work. I'm glad I did.
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