Helix and the Sword (Orbit Books)

Name: Helix and the Sword (Orbit Books)
Brand: Little, Brown UK Paperbacks
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By John McLoughlin

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SCIENCE FICTION-IT IS 5000 YEARS SINCE MANKIND ABANDONED EARTH WHICH ENDED,NOT WITH A BANG,BUT IN A POISONOUS WHIMPER,AND TOOK TO THE SPACEWAYS.EXISTING IN A SYSTEM WIDE AND FEUDALLY VENOMOUS SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICALLY GROWN AND SENTIENT ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTS.THE SPECIES HAVE SURVIVED 50 CENTURIES OF POLITICAL AND RELIGOUS WARS.NOW,HOWEVER,ALL MATTER(INCLUDING AIR AND WATER)IS CONTROLLED BY GIANT CARTELS AND THE SHORTAGES GROW EVER MORE OBVIOUS.A NEW WAR,THE FINAL CONFLICT-SEEMS INEVITABLE.11 BILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE-UNLESS THE POWERS OF THE GREAT RULING DYNASTIES CAN BE CURBED,AND THE POISONED,SEMI LEGENDARY,EARTH CAN SOMEHOW BE RE-OPENED TO THE HUMAN RACE,CHANCE-IN THE SHAPE OF AN IMAGINATIVE ASSASSINATION OF SPECTACULAR NASTINESS-PLACES DYSON TESSIER,SYNE DOCTOR TO STIRPS SEMERLING,AT THE CRISIS POINT.AND WITH TESSIER AS CATALYST THE SITUATION TAKES A NEW AND STUNNINGLY UNEXPECTED TURN.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Release Date:

1986-07-10

Publication Date:

1986-07-10

Publisher:

Little, Brown UK Paperbacks

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

0708830315

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