Dawn for a Distant Earth: The Forever Hero, Volume 1 - Softcover

Modesitt Jr., L. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812516133 ISBN 13: 9780812516135

Publisher: Tor Books, 1991

Synopsis

L. E. Modesitt, Jr's first major work was The Forever Hero trilogy of SF adventure novels published as paperback originals in the 1980s, of which Dawn for a Distant Earth was the first title in the series.  Thousands of years in the future, Earth is a desolate ruin. The first human ship to return in millennia discovers an abandoned wasteland inhabited only by a few degenerate or mutated human outcasts. But among them is a boy of immense native intelligence and determination who is captured, taken in, and educated, and disappears--to grow up to become the force behind a plan to make Earth flower again. He is, if not immortal, at least very long-lived, and he plans to build an independent power base out in the galaxy and force the galactic empire to devote centuries and immense resources to the restoration of the ecology of Earth.

About this title

About the Author

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of The Saga of Recluce and of many other popular fantasy and SF novels. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.

Review

"[Kyle McCarley] has excellent pace and insight into the characters." ---Fantasy Literature

Edition details

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0812516133
• ISBN 13: 9780812516135
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352