Book Club edition and first hardcover edition. Code #13599 on rear jacket panel. (Preceded by the mass market paperback.) Fine (unread) copy in near fine jacket. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. The copy is clean and square. The jacket has one closed tear, 1.5cm in length, at the top edge of the rear jacket panel. Zettel's first novel and winner of the Locus Poll Award for Best First Novel. Award History: Co-winner of the 1997 Locus Award for Best First Novel (tied with Whiteout by Sage Walker); 1996 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (lost to The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter).

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Title

RECLAMATION

Publisher

Warner Aspect

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0446602922

ISBN 13

9780446602921

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Donato

Edition

Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Set in the far future, RECLAMATION centers on The Realm of the Nameless Powers, a world so ravaged by age that only a portion of underground canyons is habitable. The Realm has degenerated into a harsh caste system and Middle Ages technology. Their religion strictly enforces the castes who can marry, and which children are allowed to live.

Eric Born is a lapsed priest and a son of one of the noble families. Like all members of the priesthood, he is a very precise telekinetic, but he also has the rare gift of healing. Stifled by the backward ways of The Realm, he escapes to make a new life among the stars. Since then, he has established himself as a freelance computer engineer. He is employed by the Rhudolant Vitae, space traders who travel between star systems trading their technological and management skills for raw materials and political influence. The Vitae's deepest desire is to find their native world, from which they were forced to flee many centuries ago. When Eric Born discovers that The Realm is that very world, his loyalties are split.

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Zettel's debut novel breaks little new ground, but SF fans will still enjoy it. Her heroes, telekinetic Eric Born and mysterious pariah Arla Stone, must save their home planet from factions trying to tear it apart. This quest places them directly in the path of the Vitae, one of the most powerful races in the galaxy. Zettel's writing is crisp, and the story moves at an appropriately rapid pace. Although the reader may occasionally get the sense that the dramatic situation is familiar, Zettel's deft action scenes and wry humor help smooth out the trouble spots.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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