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1 online resource |
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Summary |
"Lycaste is a lovesick recluse living in a forgotten Mediterranean cove who is renowned throughout the distorted people of the Old World for his beauty. Sotiris Gianakos is a 12,000-year-old Cypriote grieving the loss of his sister, a principled man who will change Lycaste's life forever. Their stories, and others, become darkly entwined when Aaron the Longlife-the Usurper, a man who is not quite a man-makes a claim to the Amaranthine throne that threatens to throw the delicate political balance of the known galaxy into ruin. The Promise of the Child is a stunning feat of imagination set against an epic backdrop ranging from 14th-century Prague, to a lonely cove near the Mediterranean Sea, to the 147th-century Amaranthine Firmament. Toner has crafted an intelligent space opera filled with gripping action and an emotional scale that is wonderfully intimate, a smart and compelling debut that calls to mind the best of Kim Stanley Robinson or M. John Harrison"-- Provided by publisher. |
System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
Subject |
FICTION / Science Fiction / General. |
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure. |
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Life on other planets -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- Science Fiction -- Space Opera. |
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FICTION -- Science Fiction -- General. |
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Life on other planets. |
Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Fantasy fiction.
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Fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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ISBN |
9781597805902 : $26.99 |
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1597805904 : $26.99 |
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