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Paragaea : A Planetary Romance - Chris Roberson

Paragaea

A Planetary Romance

By: Chris Roberson

Hardcover | 2 May 2006

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The first woman to travel into space was Valentina Tereshkova, who on June 16, 1963, was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours. The second woman to travel into space was Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya, who was onboard the Soyuz T-7 when it launched on August 19, 1982.
Why did so many years pass before Savitskaya followed her sister cosmonaut Tereshkova into orbit? The answer revolves around the disappearance of Vostok 7, the mission forgotten by history, and its sole passenger: Akilina Mikhailovna Chirikov.
Paragaea: A Planetary Romance is the story of Akilina "Leena" Chirikov, who, shortly after launching from Baikonour, finds herself thrown into another dimension, a world of strange science and ancient mystery. There she meets another timelost person from Earth, Lieutenant Hieronymus Bonaventure of the Royal Navy - who left home to fight the forces of Napoleon and never returned - and his companion, Balam - outlaw prince of the jaguar men. Bonaventure is interested only in adventure and amusement, while Balam only wants distraction until the day he can reclaim his throne. Having little better to do, they agree to help Chirikov find a way home.
Chirikov, a strictly rational Soviet cosmonaut, interprets her adventures in this strange world as best she can, using the framework of early 1960s science. Being a dutiful Soviet, she wants only to return home to Earth, to inform her superiors about what she has discovered, but as she struggles to stay alive in this dangerous, mysterious world, she finds herself developing ties to her companion Bonaventure that make her wonder whether she really wants to go home at all.

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