Mazeway

Williamson, Jack

ISBN 10: 0345340329 / ISBN 13: 9780345340320

Published by Del Rey, 1990

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No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 290 pages; slight edge wear to jacket and boards; From the depths of space the Seeker had come, to make the Solar system her nest. The invader was defeated, but not before Earth was ravaged, its technology destroyed and its inhabitants reduced to barbarism. Mankind's only chance for salvation lay with the alien Eldren -- but the Eldren considered humanity primitive and savage, and so they withheld their help.Young Benn Dain hoped to prove humanity's worth on Mazeway, a planetary doubles whose twin worlds, Blade and Stone, were a testing ground for Eldren young. For Roxane Kwan and Diego BOlivar, Mazeway was a path to control of the dying Earth, and Dain's quest was not part of their plans.But the Game of Blade and Stone was not designed for humans, and to survive, they would have to work together to fathom the depths of alien minds and the subtle traps of the Eldren way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mazeway
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345340329
• ISBN 13: 9780345340320
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 23 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Synopsis

Benn Dain, an inhabitant of a shattered Earth, journeys to Mazeway, where she must compete in the Eldrens test of worthiness, the outcome of which will seal the fate of the human race

Reviews

At the end of Lifeburst , Quin Dain had saved the solar system from the Seeker Mother-Queen, and thus earned probationary status for humans in the Galactic Council residing in Sol's Oort Cloud. Now his son Benn must prove to the Council that humans can rise above their lowly, aggressive origins and earn full membership status. Complications arise when Benn's sponsor's clone brother dies, apparently at the hands of membership-seeking aliens with whom Benn must compete. But this book has none of the complexities of plot or character present in the prequel. Williamson ( The Legion of Space ) has returned to the style of his early works, unleashing a hero who merely stumbles through events. Unfortunately, both the major problem and the resolution take place off stage, and Benn's actions make no difference to the plot.
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The Eldren races who rescued a ravaged Earth from a common enemy refuse to impart their knowledge and wisdom to humanity's survivors until a young man risks his life in the Game of Blade and Stone to prove that humans can learn the ways of nonviolence and cooperation. Sf veteram Williamson ( Man Seed, LJ 12/15/82); Lifeburst, LJ 12/84) creates a host of intriguing aliens as heroes and villains in this classic coming-of-age story that should appeal to sf adventure fans.
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