โ Ian R. MacLeod
๐ Fiction
๐ Open Road Media
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The Great Wheel
โ Scribed by Ian R. MacLeodian R. MacLeod
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- Year
- 1997;2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 284 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 148042370X
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โฆ Synopsis
Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel: In a dark future, a priest who has lost his faith battles for hope, love, and redemption in the teeming streets and souls of a vividly reimagined North Africa
Father John Alston has lost his faith but his heart remains strong. Having left behind a computerized, climate-controlled, and disease-free Europe, he administers aid to the destitute of a Borderer town in the Endless City. In the squalor of what was once North Africa, he provides spiritual comfort and basic health care, while preaching a message that he no longer believes. But the recent explosion of a deadly virus has John profoundly troubled and desperately searching for answers.Suspecting a native plant commonly used as an intoxicant, John decides to investigate further with the help of a brilliant but mysterious Borderer woman. His pursuit of the mystery will set him on a collision course with powerful political realities designed to maintain the status quo of the Third World. On a harrowing journey through a radioactive valley of deathand through his own painful historyhe will confront devastating truths that will either revive his damaged soul or destroy it completely.
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ISBN : 9781480423701
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