Acts of Conscience by William Barton - SF - SFBookcase.com - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.

Series: Misc
Genre: SF
ISBN: 0446605115
Pages: 400 pages
Publisher: Warner Books
Price: $5.00
Reader Rating: Not rated

Acts of Conscience by William Barton

Description: Gaetan du Cheyne is a 26th-Century orbital mechanic who once longed for glory in space but now patiently banks his pay, content to settle for lesser rewards. Then a miraculous fluke of corporate powerplays suddenly leaves him sole owner of a prototype faster-than-light ship, and able at last to see his dreams...

Turn to ashes. For now Gaetan can see for himself how humans have ravaged the worlds they've touched. He witnesses the slaughter of intelligent alien beings, the submergence of entire cultures. And he becomes the only human aware that our race is becoming a target. Rather than allow humans to rule and rampage, ancient beings of unimaginable power are prepared to destroy them.

And Gaetan du Cheyne, an ordinary guy, is about to become the center of a desperate struggle, not just for his life, but for all life.