Son of Heaven - Couverture rigide

Wingrove, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184887524X ISBN 13 : 9781848875241

Editeur : Corvus, 2011

Synopsis

The year is 2065, two decades after the great economic collapse that destroyed Western civilization. With its power broken and its cities ruined, life in the West continues in scattered communities. In rural Dorset Jake Reed lives with his 14-year-old son and memories of the great collapse. Back in '43, Jake was a rich, young futures broker, immersed in the datascape of the world's financial markets. He saw what was coming - and who was behind it. Forewarned, he was one of the few to escape the fall.

For 22 years he has lived in fear of the future, and finally it is coming - quite literally - across the plain towards him. Chinese airships are in the skies and a strange, glacial structure has begun to dominate the horizon. Jake finds himself forcibly incorporated into the ever-expanding 'World of Levels' a global city of some 34 billion souls, where social status is reflected by how far above the ground you live.

Here, under the rule of the mighty Tsao Ch'un, a resurgent China is seeking to abolish the past and bring about world peace through rigidly enforced order. But a civil war looms, and Jake will find himself at the heart of the struggle for the future.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Wingrove is the Hugo Award-winning co-author (with Brian Aldiss) of The Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction. He is also the co-author of the first three MYST books - novelisations of one of the world's bestselling computer games. He lives in north London with his wife and four daughters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corvus
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184887524X
• ISBN 13: 9781848875241
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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