Star Dragon
by Mike Brotherton
Publisher: Tor Books 2003
ISBN/ASIN: B000C4SSTO
Number of pages: 395
Description:
A probe launched in the late twenty-first century to the classic dwarf nova system SS Cygni has sent back hours of video, including a few minutes that show a serpentine form not only twisting lazily but also turning in a purposive way suggestive of intelligence. The Biolathe Corporation is sending a spaceship to study the dragonlike form, determine whether it is of natural or artificial origin, and, perhaps, return with a specimen.
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