Deception Well - Softcover

Nagata, Linda

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ISBN 10: 0553576291 ISBN 13: 9780553576290

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1997

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Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel for The Bohr Maker, the author traces the fate of a group of humans who survive the galaxy's destruction in the shelter of planetary barriers. Original.

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Deception Well is a powerful planet, able to fend off the deadly nanotech plagues of an age-old war, but also hostile to the would-be settlers who have come here seeking safe haven. After building the orbital city Silk, the first colonists of the Well were killed by a mysterious plague. The new Silkens refuse to descend to the planet's surface, except for Jupiter and his rebel forces who are seeking a communion with the planet. Although Jupiter fails, his cult-like followers take up the cause again with his son Lot, a natural-born leader who might not be so natural after all.

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Praise for The Bohr Maker:

"Brilliantly original...Nagata reinforces her compelling story line with a wealth of mind-bending ideas that make her work favorably comparable to that of leading-edge stylists such as Bruce Sterling and Neal Stephenson."--Chicago Booklist

"Provocative speculations on what limits human beings can and should set on their definition of 'human.'"--New York Times Book Review

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