Dimensions
106 x 172 x 19mm
The second epic novel of a quest in a future world of super science from an important new talent.
Continuing the story begun in 'The Golden Age', this is a grand space opera in the tradition of Jack Vance and Roger Zelazny. At the conclusion of the first book, Paethon of Radmanthus House was left an exile from his life of power and privilege.
Now he embarks upon a quest across a transformed solar system - Jupiter is a second sun, Mars and Venus terraformed, humanity immortal. Paethon journeys among humans, intelligent machines and bizarre life forms, striving to recover his memory, to regain his place in society, and to move that society away from stagnation and towards the stars.