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The Coruscant Series #3
Core Melt: A Coruscant Novel
So what happens when an AI has children ... and you threaten them?
For fans of Altered Carbon, Blade Runner, Queen of Angels or Leviathan Wakes, Core Melt is a sci-fi noir suspense thriller about forbidden love, espionage and betrayal.
Emin Wei is a Hunter class cyber, birthed on the spaceport moon of Orkutsk for a single purpose. Find suspected terrorist Kristen Newgard, judge her, and if guilty, terminate her. Only as he is setting out on his mission, does he learn three other Hunters have gone before him, and none have returned.
"Both a love story and a sci-fi thriller, Core Melt is a lot of fun. Holden offers vibrant and effective worldbuilding that will keep readers entranced." Publishers' Weekly BookLife.
**All books in the Coruscant series are stand-alone stories set in the Coruscant universe.**
For fans of Altered Carbon, Blade Runner, Queen of Angels or Leviathan Wakes, Core Melt is a sci-fi noir suspense thriller about forbidden love, espionage and betrayal.
Emin Wei is a Hunter class cyber, birthed on the spaceport moon of Orkutsk for a single purpose. Find suspected terrorist Kristen Newgard, judge her, and if guilty, terminate her. Only as he is setting out on his mission, does he learn three other Hunters have gone before him, and none have returned.
"Both a love story and a sci-fi thriller, Core Melt is a lot of fun. Holden offers vibrant and effective worldbuilding that will keep readers entranced." Publishers' Weekly BookLife.
**All books in the Coruscant series are stand-alone stories set in the Coruscant universe.**
242 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 31, 2022
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About the author
F.X. Holden
22 books192 followersFX Holden writes action thrillers (The 'Aggressor' and 'Future War' Series) and Science Fiction (The 'Coruscant' and 'Red Legion' Series). He has been awarded two US Publishers' Weekly Stars (the Michelin Star of publishing), the US Readers' Favorite award for Best Political Thriller (twice, including in 2025), and the US Book Excellence award for Best Military Fiction!
FX Holden is a pen name for author Tim (TJ) Slee, winner of the HarperCollins Banjo Prize for Australian fiction and the US Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction.
FX Holden is a pen name for author Tim (TJ) Slee, winner of the HarperCollins Banjo Prize for Australian fiction and the US Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize for Fiction.
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April 20, 2022
Another great read and excellent story telling. Though this is the third, each has a different era of time frame, with each story providing more clues to this core world and issues. Fascinating read and look forward to the next book. I have read many if not all of FX Holden books and everyone has been very enjoyable and enticing you into his world of thought. Great work
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