Mother of Demons
β Scribed by Eric Flint
- Publisher
- Baen
- Year
- 1997;2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781476780320
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β¦ Synopsis
SPECIAL LEATHERBOUND EDITION. FIRST NOVEL OF MULTIPLE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR ERIC FLINT, creator of the hugely-popular Ring of Fire alternate history series.A crumbling alien civilization fights to stave off a final fall into barbarism, and human explorers must chose: will they help, or standby and let a once high civilization fall.
On a dangerous planet, a crumbling alien civilization fights to stave off a final fall into barbarism.What's more, ahuman expedition has arrived to churn the mix even further. In a world where caste and matingare genetically determined, one male and female rebel, chosing to pair bond and stay together.Their love will either determine a new pattern and way forward for their species -- or they may become the last of their kind.And now Indira Toledo, a human paleobiologist,must chose whether to introduce one ofthe oldest human cultural adaptations of allwarto save a once high civilization from falling to ravaging barbarians.
About Eric Flint
"[P]olitically correct? C'mon! Great fun? Ah, yes."*Booklist
*"...Inventive...smile-worthy..."*Kirkus Reviews
*"The action is realistic, the people seem to live and breathe...Recommended."*Norm's Notes*
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About the Author
Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction, with over three million books in print. Hes the author/creator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belisarius alternate Roman history series, and with David Weber collaborated on 1633 and 1634: The Baltic War and latest Honorverse series entry, Cauldron of Ghosts. Flint was for many years a labor union activist. He lives near Chicago, Illinois.
Library : Science Fiction
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780671878009
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