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 ReviewThis rating goes for Tor. There's no way I'm paying 18 bucks for an e-book. I'm sure Mr. Weber wrote jet another great book, but the price is outrageous!
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Product ReviewOur usual practice with a David Weber book is to buy the hardcover and get the electronic so we can both read and discuss the book. Not at $18. I'll wait 'til the wife finishes and then read it. Tor needs to get a clue. Electrons are inexpensive.
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Product ReviewGreat book, as always David Weber has written a great book with wonderful heroic characters. That said $18 for an e-book is rediculous especially when the hardback is cheaper and i already own it in HC. I have no problem buying books that I already own in e-book format, but not at $18 a pop. For example, I have already added the Liaden books to my wish list and will buy them as soon as possible. This despite the fact that I already own all of them in at lest one paper edition and own the embiid email versions.
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Product ReviewTor just doesn't understand. Not that the book is all that great--it reads like THE APOCALYPSE TROLL as written by Stephen King. Give this one a miss, unless you're rich, totally bored, or both. This is the worst Weber that WASN'T written in collaboration.
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Product ReviewThis rating also goes for Tor, AND Baen/Webscriptions!
Are you out of your everlovin' minds? I subscribed to Baen and have recommended it to other people due to the high quality of the books AND very reasonable ebook prices. If you're going to start selling ebooks at higher than dead-tree prices I will have to seriously reconsider where I purchase my books.Posted on
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Product ReviewI bought the Hardcover for $20.00 Canadian. It was a great book. I'm not going to buy the ebook until the price drops. I can't justify paying more than I paid for the first edition hardcover for an ebook. Jim talked about expensive damned electrons, and that's what these are. At least it hasn't got DRM.
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Product ReviewI am SO angry. I thought for a moment Tor had come to their senses when I saw this posted on the Webscription site since I knew it was published by Tor and not Baen and was about to go buy the hardcover....but not now, and I'm not buying the eBook, either. Mr Weber: STOP PUBLISHING THROUGH TOR! I agree wth the other posters. $18 for one e-book is ridiculous and insulting. Tor just doesn't seem to get it. If they'd wake up, get off their high horse and price their eBooks the same as Weber eBooks available from Baen, we'd all happily buy it. But I guess they think they're special or something. Sorry TOR. No sale. I really wanted to read this book....but I'll wait for the price to drop now, just on general principles. Or visit my local library. I haven't checked out a book in ages...
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Product ReviewA Great read!(loss of 2 stars for using TOR, I hope they paid him a huge amount), but TOR needs to get a clue, $18.00 for soft copy? Nuts. I can see $15 for an ARC, I do that all the time, but as one poster wrote Amazon is selling it for less (where I got mine).
But upon reflection, does TOR really want E-books to be successful? Next question, is there another TOR book available here(www.webscription.net)? Maybe Mr Weber required the book release here as well as in hard copy.Posted on
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