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RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON
Danlo wi Soli Ringess has returned from the Vild, the first lightship pilot to escape that hellish region of fractured space and deadly supernovas where giant computer-gods make war on each other.
But the Civilized Worlds face their own threat of war. A fanatical cult has seized the fabled city of Neverness and plans to take over the galaxy. Though the cult worships Danlo's long-lost father as a god, he casts his lot with its opponents--and is sent to Neverness to try to reason with its leaders. Instead he must fight to survive: against the warrior-poet who has vowed to take his life, the madman with a star-killing weapon and a grim ultimatum, the charismatic leader of the cult--once Danlo's greatest friend, now his fiercest enemy--and his own unbreakable vow never to harm a living thing.
A contemporary master of speculative fiction and incomparable world-building, David Zindell continues his monumental epic that sweeps us from the outer reaches of the galaxy to the inner depths of the human mind, a stirring cosmic drama of a man of peace torn between the implacable cosmic forces of divinity and destruction.
Danlo wi Soli Ringess has returned from the Vild, the first lightship pilot to escape that hellish region of fractured space and deadly supernovas where giant computer-gods make war on each other.
But the Civilized Worlds face their own threat of war. A fanatical cult has seized the fabled city of Neverness and plans to take over the galaxy. Though the cult worships Danlo's long-lost father as a god, he casts his lot with its opponents--and is sent to Neverness to try to reason with its leaders. Instead he must fight to survive: against the warrior-poet who has vowed to take his life, the madman with a star-killing weapon and a grim ultimatum, the charismatic leader of the cult--once Danlo's greatest friend, now his fiercest enemy--and his own unbreakable vow never to harm a living thing.
A contemporary master of speculative fiction and incomparable world-building, David Zindell continues his monumental epic that sweeps us from the outer reaches of the galaxy to the inner depths of the human mind, a stirring cosmic drama of a man of peace torn between the implacable cosmic forces of divinity and destruction.
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"Zindell is fashioning an astonishing epic of our distant and eerie galactic future."
--Robert Silverberg
About the Author:
--Robert Silverberg
"One of the finest talents to appear since Kim Stanley Robinson and William Gibson--perhaps the finest."
--Gene Wolfe
David Zindell's short story Shanidar was a prize-winning entry in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. He was nominated for the `best new writer' Hugo Award in 1986. Gene Wolfe declared Zindell as `one of the finest talents to appear since Kim Stanley Robinson and William Gibson - perhaps the finest.' His first novel, Neverness, was published to great acclaim.
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- PublisherHarper Collins
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0002242974
- ISBN 13 9780002242974
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages618
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A triumphant close to The Requiem for Homo Sapiens an epic tour de force that began with The Broken God and was followed by The Wild. Danlo wi Soli Ringess, son of Mallory Ringess, the pilot who became a god, now has the greatest mission of his life to complete. With Bertram Jasparis evil Architects terrorising the universe with their killing star the morrashar and Hanumans Ringists intent on converting the rest of humanity to the Way of Ringess, Danlo must somehow try to prevent War in Heaven. He must return to his home planet of Neverness, there to confront the demons and ghosts of his earlier life. Behind him travels an army of lightships, commanded by the ever-larger-than-life Bardo, falling from fixed-point to fixed-point throughout the deep, dark spaces of the Vild, ready to do battle, if they must, with the Ringists fleet, lying in ambush for them beyond the Star of Neverness. In Icefall, Danlo will face many perils and delights: he will confront once more Hanuman li Tosh, his greatest childhood friend and now his deadliest enemy. He will search for his lover, Tamara ten Ashtoreth, whose memory of their time together was destroyed by Hanuman. He will see for himself how humanity responds to starvation and fear for its very life; and he will take an extraordinay journey the most remarkable journey ever made by any human being out into the universe, through deceit and temptation and love, to learn what it is to be a man with a conscience, a heart and a soul; and by taking this most dangerous journey of all, Danlo the Wild, Danlo Peacewise, the Lightbringer, will be true to his name, and his heritage. War in Heaven brings to a cataclysmic finale the most amazing and awe-inspiring journey in modern science fiction, combining the ultimate in space adventure with philosophy, mathematics, spirituality and superb characterization. It is truly the greatest romantic epic of modern sf. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001186276
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. A triumphant close to The Requiem for Homo Sapiens an epic tour de force that began with The Broken God and was followed by The Wild. Danlo wi Soli Ringess, son of Mallory Ringess, the pilot who became a god, now has the greatest mission of his life to complete. With Bertram Jasparis evil Architects terrorising the universe with their killing star the morrashar and Hanumans Ringists intent on converting the rest of humanity to the Way of Ringess, Danlo must somehow try to prevent War in Heaven. He must return to his home planet of Neverness, there to confront the demons and ghosts of his earlier life. Behind him travels an army of lightships, commanded by the ever-larger-than-life Bardo, falling from fixed-point to fixed-point throughout the deep, dark spaces of the Vild, ready to do battle, if they must, with the Ringists fleet, lying in ambush for them beyond the Star of Neverness. In Icefall, Danlo will face many perils and delights: he will confront once more Hanuman li Tosh, his greatest childhood friend and now his deadliest enemy. He will search for his lover, Tamara ten Ashtoreth, whose memory of their time together was destroyed by Hanuman. He will see for himself how humanity responds to starvation and fear for its very life; and he will take an extraordinay journey the most remarkable journey ever made by any human being out into the universe, through deceit and temptation and love, to learn what it is to be a man with a conscience, a heart and a soul; and by taking this most dangerous journey of all, Danlo the Wild, Danlo Peacewise, the Lightbringer, will be true to his name, and his heritage. War in Heaven brings to a cataclysmic finale the most amazing and awe-inspiring journey in modern science fiction, combining the ultimate in space adventure with philosophy, mathematics, spirituality and superb characterization. It is truly the greatest romantic epic of modern sf. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR004402221
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