Diving Into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Diving into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn Rusch isrehearsed precautions but still two of divers die while
classic science fiction; a well-told tale of spaceexploring. Squishy reports the deaths to the authorities
adventure and dangerous exploration that will keepand they declare the wreck off limits. Boss retires but
fans of the genre turning the pages. The time is 5,000the past still haunts her and she knows that stealth
years in the future and the main character, a womantechnology in the hands of the military may lead to
known only as Boss, explores abandoned and driftingintergalactic war.
space ships and ends up tackling some complexRusch is the author of the "Retrieval Artist series" and
issues.a former editor of "The Magazine of Fantasy and
Boss is a loner, an ethical woman who takes touristsScience Fiction." She's also written romance and
to visit safe wrecks and specializes in salvagingmystery novels under different names. This book is
abandoned spacecraft, but her real love is the historicalactually three tales woven together to form an intense
value of the ships. When a blip on her sensors leadsstory with depth and history. The characters are not
her to a derelict ship, she's astounded to discover it's aas well developed, except for Boss, whose first
Dignity Vessel, a five thousand year old Earth-madeperson narration makes the reader an eyewitness to
ship that could not possibly have survived. The ancientthe vast, silent realms of deep space where even the
ship contains unperfected stealth technology, the samesmallest error in judgment or equipment will bring
technology that killed her mother when she was adisaster. It's an eminently readable book with just
child. It's an enormous find and she's determined toenough science to make it real and Rusch raises
investigate further. Boss recruits a top-notch team ofsome moral and ethical dilemmas in a thought
space divers but she doesn't reveal her suspicionsprovoking manner. The story is compellingly human and
about the ship, preferring to hear their unprejudicedtechnically absorbing with suspense that builds to
opinions. When the team members recognize thefevered intensity and culminates in a plausible and
vessel, one member is panic-stricken. Squishy spentexplosive conclusion.
years in the military trying to recreate the tech on oldPublisher: PYR (November 24, 2009)
ships, with disastrous results. She urges Boss to abortISBN: 978-1-59102-786-7
and blow up the vessel, but Boss is determined toPaperback: 267 Pages
recover the secrets of the past. The team takes wellPrice: $16.