Usurper of the Sun
( Japanese - 太陽の簒奪者 - 2002 )
novel by Housuke Nojiri
translated by John Wunderley
Published: Haikasoru - trade paperback - 2009
ISBN: 1421527715 /9781421527710
Haikasoru/VIZ Media - e-book - 2010
eISBN: 1421539888 / 9781421539881
ASIN: B004AYCS9S
synopsis
Aki Shiraishi is a high school student working in the astronomy club and one of the few witnesses to an amazing event - someone is building a tower on the planet Mercury. Soon, the Builders have constructed a ring around the sun, threatening the ecology of Earth with an immense shadow. Aki is inspired to pursue a career in science, and the truth. She must determine the purpose of the ring and the plans of its creators, as the survival of both species - humanity and the alien Builders - hangs in the balance.
awards
Seiun Award. 2002
( Japanese - 太陽の簒奪者 - 2002 )
novel by Housuke Nojiri
translated by John Wunderley
Published: Haikasoru - trade paperback - 2009
ISBN: 1421527715 /9781421527710
Haikasoru/VIZ Media - e-book - 2010
eISBN: 1421539888 / 9781421539881
ASIN: B004AYCS9S
synopsis
Aki Shiraishi is a high school student working in the astronomy club and one of the few witnesses to an amazing event - someone is building a tower on the planet Mercury. Soon, the Builders have constructed a ring around the sun, threatening the ecology of Earth with an immense shadow. Aki is inspired to pursue a career in science, and the truth. She must determine the purpose of the ring and the plans of its creators, as the survival of both species - humanity and the alien Builders - hangs in the balance.
awards
Seiun Award. 2002