Like a Mighty Army - Couverture souple

Weber, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0765361272 ISBN 13 : 9780765361271

Editeur : Starscape, 2014

Synopsis

For centuries Safehold lay under the unchallenged rule of the Church of God Awaiting, and no one knew that the Church was a fraud-established by a rebel faction of Safehold's founders, meant to keep humanity hidden from the alien race that destroyed Earth. Then awoke Merlyn Athrawes, cybernetic avatar of a warrior a thousand years dead, felled in the war when Earth was lost. Merlyn has one purpose: to restart the history of the too-long-hidden human race. And now the fight is thoroughly underway. The island empire of Charis has declared its independence from the Church, and with Merlyn's help has rallied much of Safehold to its cause. But victories come nonetheless at a heavy cost in bloodshed and loss-a cost felt by nobody more keenly that Merlyn Athrawes.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For centuries, the world of Safehold, last redoubt of the human race, lay under the unchallenged rule of the Church of God Awaiting. The Church permitted nothing new - no new inventions, no new understandings of the world. What no one knew was that the Church was an elaborate fraud - a high-tech system established by a rebel faction of Safehold's founders, meant to keep humanity hidden from the powerful alien race that had destroyed old Earth. Then awoke Merlyn Athrawes, cybernetic avatar of a warrior a thousand years dead, felled in the war in which Earth was lost. Monk, warrior, counsellor to princes and kings, Merlyn has one purpose: to restart the history of the too-long-hidden human race. And now the fight is thoroughly underway. The island empire of Charis has declared its independence from the Church, and with Merlyn's help has vaulted forward into a new age of steam-powered efficiency. Fending off the wounded Church, Charis has drawn more and more of the countries of Safehold to the cause of independence and self-determination. But at a heavy cost in bloodshed and loss-a cost felt by nobody more keenly that Merlyn Athrawes. The wounded Church is regrouping. Its armies and resources are vast. The fight for humanity's future isn't over, and won't be over soon...

Biographie de l'auteur

DAVID WEBER is the author of the New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington series, the most recent of which was Mission of Honor. He lives in South Carolina.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Starscape
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0765361272
• ISBN 13: 9780765361271
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 896
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible