Transcendent (Destiny's Children)
Stephen Baxter
DESTINY'S CHILDREN
TRANSCENDENT
It
is the year 2047, and nuclear engineer Michael Poole is still in the
throes of grief. His beloved wife, Morag, died seventeen years ago,
along with their second child. Yet Michael is haunted by more than just
the memory of Morag. On a beach in Miami, he sees his dead wife. But she
vanishes as suddenly as she appears, leaving no clue as to her
mysterious purpose.
Alia was born on a starship, fifteen thousand
light years from Earth, five hundred thousand years after the death of
Michael Poole. Yet she knows him intimately. In this distant future,
when humanity has diversified as a species and spread across the galaxy,
every person is entrusted with the duty of Witnessing the life of one
man, woman, or child from the past, recovered by means of a technology
able to traverse time itself. Alia's subject is Michael Poole.
When
his surviving, estranged son is injured, Michael tries to reconnect with
him-and to stave off a looming catastrophe. Vast reservoirs of toxic
gases lie buried beneath the poles, trapped in crystals of ice. Now that
ice is melting. Once it goes, the poisons released will threaten all
life on Earth. A bold solution is within reach, if only Michael can
convince a doubting world. Yet as Morag'sghostly visitations continue,
Michael begins to doubt his own sanity.
In the future, Alia is
chosen to become a Transcendent, an undying member of the group mind
that is shepherding humanity toward an evolutionary apotheosis. The
Witnessings are an integral part of their design, for only by redeeming
the pain of every human who has lived and died can true Transcendence be
achieved. Yet Alia discovers a dark side to the Transcendents' plans, a
vein of madness that may lead to an unthinkable renunciation.
Somehow,
Michael Poole holds the fate of the future in his hands. Now, to save
that future, Alia must undertake a desperate journey into the past. . . .
TRANSCENDENT
It
is the year 2047, and nuclear engineer Michael Poole is still in the
throes of grief. His beloved wife, Morag, died seventeen years ago,
along with their second child. Yet Michael is haunted by more than just
the memory of Morag. On a beach in Miami, he sees his dead wife. But she
vanishes as suddenly as she appears, leaving no clue as to her
mysterious purpose.
Alia was born on a starship, fifteen thousand
light years from Earth, five hundred thousand years after the death of
Michael Poole. Yet she knows him intimately. In this distant future,
when humanity has diversified as a species and spread across the galaxy,
every person is entrusted with the duty of Witnessing the life of one
man, woman, or child from the past, recovered by means of a technology
able to traverse time itself. Alia's subject is Michael Poole.
When
his surviving, estranged son is injured, Michael tries to reconnect with
him-and to stave off a looming catastrophe. Vast reservoirs of toxic
gases lie buried beneath the poles, trapped in crystals of ice. Now that
ice is melting. Once it goes, the poisons released will threaten all
life on Earth. A bold solution is within reach, if only Michael can
convince a doubting world. Yet as Morag'sghostly visitations continue,
Michael begins to doubt his own sanity.
In the future, Alia is
chosen to become a Transcendent, an undying member of the group mind
that is shepherding humanity toward an evolutionary apotheosis. The
Witnessings are an integral part of their design, for only by redeeming
the pain of every human who has lived and died can true Transcendence be
achieved. Yet Alia discovers a dark side to the Transcendents' plans, a
vein of madness that may lead to an unthinkable renunciation.
Somehow,
Michael Poole holds the fate of the future in his hands. Now, to save
that future, Alia must undertake a desperate journey into the past. . . .
Kategorije:
Sveska:
3
Godina:
2005
Izdanje:
Hardcover
Izdavač:
Del Rey Books
Jezik:
english
Strane:
488
ISBN 10:
0345457919
ISBN 13:
9780345457912
Serije:
Destiny's Children
Fajl:
EPUB, 427 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2005
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