The Broken God (The Neverness Cycle) - Softcover

Zindell, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1976395275 ISBN 13: 9781976395277

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Book One of David Zindell’s epic trilogy set in Neverness, legendary City of Light, where inner space and outer space meet ... where the god program is up and running. Into its maze of color-coded streets of ice a wild boy stumbles, starving, frostbitten and grieving, a spear in his hand: Danlo the Wild, a messenger from the deep past of man. Brought up from Neverness by the Alaloi people, Neanderthal cave-dwellers, Danlo alone of his tribe has survived a plague –- because he is not, as he thought, a misshaped Neanderthal, but human with immunity engineered into his genes. He learns that the disease was created by the sinister Architects of the Universal Cybernetic Church. The Architects possess a cure which can save other Alaloi tribes. But the Architects have migrated to the region of space known as the Vild, and there they are killing stars. All of civilization has converged on Neverness through the manifold of space travel. Beyond science, beyond decadence, sects and disciplines multiply there. Danlo, his mind shaped by the primitive man, brings to Neverness a single long-lost memory that will change them all.

About this title

From the Publisher:

'Spectacular World-making' - The Times

'SF as it ought to be: challenging, imaginative, thought-provking and well-written. Zindell has placed himself at the forefront of literary SF' - Times Literary Supplement

'Zindell's combination of adventure, metaphysics and intellectual debate works marvellously, leaving you ready for more' - Locus

About the Author:

David Zindell trained as a mathematician. The Wild is his third novel. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. His short story 'Shanidar' was a prizewinning entry in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. He was nominated for the 'best new writer' Hugo Award in 1986.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1976395275
• ISBN 13: 9781976395277
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 824