Book Overview
Aeneas is the powder keg of the universe, a frontier planet where rebellion is a way of life--and death. Smarting under the thumb of the Terran Empire after an almost successful war against Imperial rule, the Aeneans are swept up in a fanatical religious movement that promises the return of the Elder Race.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812523091
ISBN13:9780812523096
Release Date:March 1994
Publisher:Tor Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 4.2" x 6.7"
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One of Anderson's best,
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
... and I'm surprised it hasn't received more attention. A few years after the rebellion of "The Rebel Worlds," Imperial commissioner Chunderban Desai is trying to reintegrate the planet Aeneas into the Terran Empire. Ivar Fredricksen, scion of an imprtant family, gets a bunch of "freedom fighters" slaughtered by the Marines, and has to flee across the world's widely divergent subcultures, accompanied by an Ythrian whose motives are far from clear. He faces questions that his patriotic idealism can't answer so easily -- What is the nature of freedom? Of faith? Can their price be too high? (Flandry has an offstage cameo, and Aycharaych a major role.) Perhaps you won't agree with the resolution, but you won't be able to avoid thinking about it.
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