THREE SHORT NOVELS OF SCIENCE FICTION SUSPENSE
From the Hugo-winning author of
Coyote,
Arkwright, and
Avengers of the Moon come three novellas that combine science fiction, mystery, and crime:
The Doppler Effect — Never before published, a satirical short novel about how a disgraced college professor and a young prodigy perpetrate the greatest scientific hoax in history: faking an alien signal from outer space.
Frogheads — A private investigator travels to a Venus that never was in search of a missing youth, and discovers a crime against the planet’s native race … and how those natives exact revenge of their own.
Einstein’s Shadow — In an alternative timeline, a detective is given a dangerous assignment: protect Albert Einstein and his wife as they defect from Nazi Germany to the United States aboard a colossal transatlantic airliner.
The Washington Post has called
Allen Steele ’a master of science fiction intrigue.’ This new collection proves again the reasons why.