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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.
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Is Outpost appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This space opera features human prisoners escaping an alien facility and becoming embroiled in an interstellar war involving time travel to Renaissance Italy. Moderate violence from prison escape sequences and interspecies conflict, but no explicit sexual content or strong language.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include captivity, war, and violence.
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Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the high-stakes prison escape and the clever premise of aliens fighting over humanity's past in Renaissance Italy.