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Outpost

Scott Mackay (1998)

SubgenreSpace Opera
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.49

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

CaptivityWarViolence

Positive tags

AdventureSurvivalFound Family

Tropes

Time TravelAlien InvasionAlternate HistoryFirst ContactSpace OperaInterstellar PoliticsHostile PlanetLost Colony

Themes

FreedomSurvivalPower and CorruptionHistorical InterventionTemporal ParadoxCultural PreservationWar

Synopsis

A story of time travel, aliens and alternate history from one of Canadas most celebrated SF writers. A group of human prisoners in a hi-tech alien prison escape, only to find themselves enmeshed in a war between two alien races for control of the human past. The key to the struggle lies back in the time of the Italian Renaissance. Scott Mackay lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Tags

Alternate HistoryTime TravelMilitary Science FictionPrison Break