Ancestor's World

An Archeologist Opens an Ancient Tomb. His Discovery Reveals A Secret. A Secret Some Will Kill to Keep Buried.On the planet Na-Dina, the tombs in the Ancestor’s Valley have lain undisturbed for six thousand years. A fully intact royal chamber promises treasures beyond reckoning, but no one expected ancient Mizari artifacts. When a member of the team is brutally murdered, Ambassador-at-Large Mahree Burroughs arrives, determined to find the killer…no matter the cost. What she discovers will change her life, the lives of the Na-Dina, and the lives of everyone in the Cooperative League of Systems.Praise for the StarBridge Series“Rousing adventure…a very exciting and reader-enticing series!” — Andre Norton“This series offers well-told tales with a welcome note of realism about interspecies relationships…Recommended.” — Booklist“This is space opera in the best tradition…just tremendous; I’m delighted to recommend it.” — Judith Tarr“A highly emotional and surprisingly successful story…With its touches of humor, and an intriguing set of characters, the action-packed plot races along!” — Locus“…the series is batting a thousand!” — DragonReview"T. Jackson King is a professional archaeologist and he uses that to great advantage in Ancestor's World. I was just as fascinated by the details of the archaeology procedures as I was by the unfolding of the plot . . . The novel opens with the discovery of artifacts from the lost colony of the Mizari in a tomb of an ancient Na-Dina emperor. This is a discovery that the modernist faction of the Na-Dina do not want getting out, and some of them will do anything to keep it under wraps. What follows is a tightly plotted, suspenseful novel."---Absolute Magnitude magazine"The latest in the StarBridge series from King, a former Rogue Valley resident now living and writing in Arizona, follows the action on planet Na-Dina, where the tombs of 46 dynasties have lain undisturbed for 6,000 years until a human archaeologist and a galactic gumshoe show up. Set your phasers for fun."--Mail Tribune newspaper"Another of A.C. Crispin's StarBridge adventures, this one fleshed out by T. Jackson King. There is a murder on the world of Na-Dina, at an archaeological dig in Ancestor's Valley where Human and other archaeologists are in the process of finding artifacts that contradict the beliefs of many of the planet's natives. The murder is only one element of the plot, but its solution winds up the story nicely. Recommended."---Norm Hartman, Book Net #10"In this book Ambassador Burroughs and archaeologist Gordon Mitchell become the targets of a radical faction that will do anything to gain the power of more advanced species, even kill . . . this was another fine book in the (StarBridge) series and a tribute to King."--Lyn McConchie, author of the Beastmaster seriesFrom the AuthorT. Jackson King (Tom) is a professional archaeologist and journalist. He writes hard science fiction, anthropological scifi, dark fantasy/horror and contemporary fantasy/magic realism--and he never took a college creative writing class nor bowed and scarped to a literary opinion-maker. That said, Tom has long loved a good story. He works at sharing his best efforts in imaginative stories with reader worldwide. And for those who like to know where an author grew up or has lived as an adult, the answer is Lots Of Places! Some of them include Garden Grove, Calif.; Belmont, Calif.; Medford, Oregon; New Orleans, LA; Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan; Nashville, TN; Knoxville, TN; Silver City, New Mexico; Show Low, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Pinetop, AZ; Huntsville, Alabama; Tucson, AZ; Cortez, Colorado; Safford, AZ; and Riverside, Calif.