Earth is dead. Humanity is hiding.
Invention, progress, change. . . all are forbidden.
Now it's time to change all that.
The science fiction epic of the decade begins here.
Humanity pushed its way to the stars—and encountered the Gbaba, a ruthless alien race that nearly wiped us out.
Earth and her colonies are now smoldering ruins, and the few survivors have fled to distant, Earth-like Safehold, to try to rebuild. But the Gbaba can detect the emissions of an industrial civilization, so the human rulers of Safehold have taken extraordinary measures: with mind control and hidden high technology, they've built a religion in which every Safeholdian believes, a religion designed to keep Safehold society medieval forever.
Eight hundred years pass. In a hidden chamber on Safehold, an android from the far human past awakens. This "rebirth" was set in motion centuries before, by a faction that opposed shackling humanity with a concocted religion. Via automated recordings, "Nimue"—or, rather, the android with the memories of Lieutenant Commander Nimue Alban—is told her fate: she will emerge into Safeholdian society, suitably disguised, and begin the process of provoking the technological progress which the Church of God Awaiting has worked for centuries to prevent.
Nothing about this will be easy. To better deal with a medieval society, "Nimue" takes a new gender and a new name, "Merlin." His formidable powers and access to caches of hidden high technology will need to be carefully concealed. And he'll need to find a base of operations, a Safeholdian country that's just a little more freewheeling, a little less orthodox, a little more open to the new.
And thus Merlin comes to Charis, a mid-sized kingdom with a talent for naval warfare. He plans to make the acquaintance of King Haarahld and Crown Prince Cayleb, and maybe, just maybe, kick off a new era of invention. Which is bound to draw the attention of the Church�and, inevitably, lead to war.
It's going to be a long, long process. And it's going to be the can't-miss SF epic of the decade.
About the Author
David Weber is a science fiction phenomenon. His popular Honor Harrington novels are New York Times bestsellers and can't come out fast enough for his devoted readers, and his novels have regularly been Main Selections of the Science Fiction Book Club.
In addition to the Honor Harrington series, he has written many top-selling science fiction novels, including Mutineers' Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance, Heirs of Empire, and Path of the Fury. Weber has also begun a top-selling epic SF adventure series in collaboration with John Ringo, with four novels so far: March Upcountry, March to the Sea, March to the Stars, and We Few. His novels of the adventures of the Bahzell—Oath of Swords, The War God's Own, and Wind Rider's Oath, another New York Times bestseller—have proven that Weber is equally a master of epic fantasy adventure. He lives in South Carolina.
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Product Reviewthe sample chapers are what I would expect from Weber, good writing and what looks like a good book. The bad rating, as with everyone else, is all for Tor. Someone there should get their head out of their ass and take a business course or two. After you do that, fire the person in charge of pricing and realize that you are shooting yourselves in the foot. If you still don't believe *all* of the comments on this page, ask Baen for their sales #'s before and after starting webscriptions and compare. Waaaay to high a price for an ebook ya bloody idiots! Seriously, nobody appreciates being ripped off.
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Product ReviewGreat book, but Tor needs to get on the stick about pricing. I often buy the hard cover and also purchase the e-book so I can read it in my palm as I travel, but $18 on top of the hardback price is too much.
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Product Review5 stars for great writing, $18 could have gotten 3-4 baen books. Get real even in the UK with the exchange rate in our favour I would not pay this much for an ebook!
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Product ReviewHave not read it and will not until the ridiculous ebook price goes down, even though I am a big Weber fan. Instead I have bought 3 more BAEN ebooks for my Sony Reader and still saved $3.
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Product Review5 stars for great writing, 2 stars for originality. Rounded down instead of up for price. $18 could have gotten 3-4 baen books.
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Product ReviewGreat book, but then what do i expect from Mr. Weber. I am wondering if a new Honor book is comming out. Or book 2 of this one would be great.
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Product ReviewI have to agree with everyone else: $18.00 is way too much for an ebook. I really like David Weber's work (especially Honor Harrington) but I'll wait until you bring the price down, even though I much prefer an ebook format.
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Product ReviewI got this as an Audible book, and wanted to get the ebook version so I could also read it at lunchtime, but I'm not paying hardcover prices 3 times for the same book. However, I see what's going on. This is a TOR book, not a BAEN book. I'm guessing they haven't quite bought into Baen's Webscriptions concept yet. I hope they don't abandon ebooks when they don't get good sales at this price. Hey TOR, I'll pay 5-7 bucks for a 2nd copy of a book, but not this much...
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Product ReviewI almost bought this book, but someone at Tor needs to get a clue. Please count this comment as $6 to $15 that you have lost, let alone the #16 you are asking.
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