Bio. M.C. Planck is the author of the science fiction novel The Kassa Gambit, and the World of Prime fantasy series of novels. After a nearly-transient childhood, Mike hitchhiked across the country and ran out of money in Arizona. So he stayed there for thirty years, raising dogs, getting a degree in philosophy, and founding a scientific instrument company. The Kassa Gambit "I haven't had my spine chilled by paranoia this strong since I first read Frank Herbert's Dune."" - Dave Duncan, author of The Seventh Sword. The Kassa Gambit is a fast paced mystery set in the far future where Earth is largely a distant memory and mankind has populated the galaxy by way of "nodes" that function like womholes. In all this time and throughout all the settled worlds, nary a hint of alien life has been glimpsed.
The Kassa gambit. [M C Planck] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Find items in libraries near you. Advanced Search Find a Library. There's much to enjoy (and admire) about M. C. Planck's debut novel, The Kassa Gambit. There's the gritty, well-textured world-building; the lead characters Lt. Kyle Daspar, a "Bruce Willis-like" spy, and Prudence Falling, a "kick-ass but not brash" heroine who holds together a motley crew of space adventurers. Take a peek at M. C. Planck's The Kassa Gambit, out on January 8. Centuries after the ecological collapse of Earth, humanity has spread among the stars. Under the governance of the League, our.
Planck throws a great many tropes and genres into the stew of The Kassa Gambit. The novel is part first contact, part conspiracy theory, part mystery, part romance, and part thriller along with. Today is release day for The Kassa Gambit. And in honor of this début book (which is so very exciting) we have an interview with its author M.C. Planck. With its great cover, The Kassa Gambit is a page science fiction novel with ecological themes. There’s more information on it below. “The Kassa Gambit” (Tor, $, pages) could have used a bit more plot to bolster its action sequences and familiar love story, but M. C. Planck (a pseudonym if I’ve ever seen one) kept the pages turning in a space opera involving tramp freighters, huge spider-like aliens with a taste for human flesh, and power-hungry humans.
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