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Mickey7

Series: Mickey7
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Mickey7 by Edward Ashton is a science fiction novel that follows Mickey7, an expendable member of a colonisation team on a remote ice world. The story explores the challenges of survival and the ethical dilemmas faced by a character whose job is to die and be replaced by a clone. As Mickey7 begins questioning his role, tensions rise and mysteries unfold, set against the backdrop of a harsh, unforgiving environment.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by tales of survival and identity in a futuristic setting, featuring a protagonist who repeatedly dies and is regenerated to serve on a colonisation mission. It explores themes of existentialism and humanity with a dose of humour, making it a compelling read for enthusiasts of science fiction with a philosophical twist.

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Now experience where the hit movie from Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho, starring Robert Pattinson, started in Mickey7 (the inspiration for the film Mickey 17).

Dying isn't any fun...but at least it's a living.

Mickey Barnes is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonise the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerousβ€”even suicidalβ€”the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal...and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.

On a routine scouting mission, Mickey7 goes missing and is presumed dead. By the time he returns to the colony base, surprisingly helped back by native life, his fate has been sealed. There's a new clone, Mickey8, reporting for Expendable duties, and there can only be one Expendable. If Mickey7 reports his survival to Command, one of them is going into the recycler. If he doesn't and they're caught, they both are.

Meanwhile, life on Niflheim is getting worse. The atmosphere is unsuitable for humans, food is in short supply, and terraforming is going poorly. The native species are growing curious about their new neighbours, and that curiosity has Commander Marshall very afraid. Ultimately, the survival of both lifeforms will come down to Mickey7.

That is, if he can just keep from dying for good.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781250875280

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 February 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 263g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Edward Ashton is the author of the novels Three Days in April and The End of Ordinary, as well as of short stories which have appeared in venues ranging from the newsletter of an Italian sausage company to Escape Pod, Analog, and Fireside Fiction. He lives in upstate New York in a cabin in the woods (not that cabin in the woods) with his wife, a variable number of daughters, and an adorably mopey dog named Max. In his free time, he enjoys cancer research, teaching quantum physics to sullen graduate students, and whittling. You can find him on Twitter and visit his website.

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