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Paradox

Book I of the Nulapeiron Sequence

By John Meaney

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| Hardcover | 9781591023081

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Centuries of self-imposed isolation have transformed Nulapeiron into a world unlike any other - a world of vast subterranean cities maintained by extraordinary organic technologies. For the majority of its peoples, however such wonders have little meaning. Denied their democratic rights and restrictContinue

Centuries of self-imposed isolation have transformed Nulapeiron into a world unlike any other - a world of vast subterranean cities maintained by extraordinary organic technologies. For the majority of its peoples, however such wonders have little meaning. Denied their democratic rights and restricted to the impoverished lower levels, they are subjected to the brutal law of the Logic Lords and the Oracles, supra-human beings whose ability to truecast the future maintains the status quo.

But all this is about to change.

In a crowded marketplace a mysterious, beautiful woman is brutally cut down by a militia squad's graser fire. Amongst the horrified onlookers is young Tom Corcorigan. He recognizes her. Only the previous day she had presented him with a small, seemingly insignificant info-crystal. And only now, as the fire in the dying stranger's obsidian eyes fades, does he comprehend who - or what - she really was: a figure from legend, one of the fabled Pilots.

What Tom has still to discover is that his crystal holds the key to understanding mu-space, and so to freedom itself. He doesn't know it yet, but he has been given a destiny to fulfill - nothing less than the rewriting of his future, and that of his world.

Spectacularly staged, thrillingly written and set in a visionary future, Paradox places John Meaney at the forefront of science fiction in this new century.

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  • Paradox

    In ' To Hold Infinity', John Meaney created a compelling vision of a future where humans were beginning to augment the abilities of the brain with the abilities of computing technology. The immediacy of his prose contributed to the force of his visio ... (read full critics)

    bookotron published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

  • Paradox : Book 1 of the Nulapeiron Sequence

    Disaster befalls market stallholder's son Tom Corcorigan early in his life. Gerard d'Ovraison, a dignitary passing through his lower-level ghetto, takes a liking to his mother and carries her away; his father soon dies broken-hearted. At the same tim ... (read full critics)

    infinityplus published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 492 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1591023084
  • ISBN-13: 9781591023081
  • Publisher: Pyr
  • Pub date: Mar 11, 2005
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
  • In other languages: other languages 한국 책
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