Sanctuary
Book 2 of 4: The Go David ChroniclesMelde, David
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Add to basketSold by PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since April 7, 2005
Condition: New
Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketNew Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
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Go David was engineered to reach distant stars-not to question his purpose. But when memories surface that weren't part of his neuroclone transfer, he begins to suspect he might be the original David Schreiner, trapped in a digital body. His petition to the Emulation Court is denied, and even Amy, his wife on Earth, confirms the ruling. In despair, Go destroys his memory palace and nearly loses himself.
Then he meets Marcus, a young thruman boy born in a machine. Go adopts him, and together they begin a journey of accelerated growth and rediscovery. With the help of matrix architeers, Marcus lives through simulated histories, from prehistoric tribes to Renaissance Florence, learning what it means to be human. Their evolving father-son bond gives Go new purpose.
When Admiral Blue retrofits their ship Paradise with revolutionary faster-than-egg technology, the colony votes to abandon its mission to Orion. The fleet splits. Go, Marcus, and Temper Tom continue toward Orion aboard Hellfire, while Paradise departs with two million digital souls. But bounty hunters destroy Paradise in pursuit of Earth's biological archives, killing everyone aboard.
Grieving and hunted, the survivors find refuge in orbit around Falfsun, Temper's experimental miniature sun hidden in the Horsehead Nebula. Here, they build a new civilization across matrix worlds. Go establishes Lucky Star Farm, embracing simplicity and healing. Marcus becomes a teacher to newly awakened thrumans. Temper devotes himself to studying Falfsun's growth.
Sanctuary isn't inherited-it's forged from memory's wreckage and the courage to begin again. In this literary science fiction novel, David Melde explores identity, digital consciousness, grief, and fatherhood with mythic resonance and speculative depth. Sanctuary is the second installment in The Go David Chronicles, a series that blends emotional storytelling with visionary worldbuilding.
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