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Tony Peak

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Born

in Wytheville, The United States

February 16, 1978

Website

http://www.tonypeak.net

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

Influences

Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin, Frank Herbert

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June 2013

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Tony is represented by Ethan Ellenberg of the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency. His interests include progressive thinking, transhumanism, and planetary exploration. He resides in rural southwest Virginia with a wonderful view of New River. Find out more at www.tonypeak.net ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 1,058 ratings · 108 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death's Ecliptic (Cygni Corps Book 1) 4.08 avg rating — 190 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inherit the Stars 3.12 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden Descending: An Alien Planet Survival Series 4.07 avg rating — 84 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parallax (Redshift Runners #1) 4.13 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden: The Complete Series: An Alien Planet Survival Boxed Set (Eden Box Sets Book 1) 4.39 avg rating — 64 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Task Force Altair (Cygni Corps Book 2) 4.53 avg rating — 57 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imposter's Gambit: A Space Opera Adventure (Delta Desperadoes Book 1) 4.21 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Oblivion (Cygni Corps Book 3) 4.62 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Signal 3.06 avg rating — 35 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden's Tears really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“After eating a protein slab, she donned an envirosuit, then girded on her kinetic pistol with a ten-round magazine.”
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“Were you manipulated into asking so many questions?”
― Tony Peak, Eden: The Complete Series: An Alien Planet Survival Boxed Set

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“The more she learned, the more she realized just how much she didn’t know.”
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“Perfect is a dream that you wake up from and spend forever trying to remember.”
― Joseph Eastwood

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“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.”
― Octavia E. Butler

tags: hope, sense-of-wonder, space-travel

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“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

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“Progress is made by the improvement of people, not the improvement of machines.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Blood of the Mantis

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