Reclamation
Published on 21. May 2013
452 pages
978-1-4804-2216-2 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel: With mankind spread thinly across the galaxy, two refugees must find humanity's home
Eric Born knows his way around the universe. He's a quick-thinking merchant blessed with natural telekinetic skill. He's also that rarest of creatures, a human being. Humans have been scattered across the universe, powerless and oppressed, dispersed so widely that no one knows what planet they first came from. Eric survives by selling his talents to the mysterious galactic tyrants known as the Rhudolant Vitae, but has never forgotten he belongs to the human race, and the distant world, the Realm of the Nameless Powers. The Realm may be a backwater, but Eric will do anything to protect his home from the merciless and powerful Vitae.
With the help of fellow refugee Arla Rengate, Eric embarks on a journey across the stars. To save the Realm, he will have to cross the Vitae, and discover a secret that holds the key to the origins of mankind.
Eric Born knows his way around the universe. He's a quick-thinking merchant blessed with natural telekinetic skill. He's also that rarest of creatures, a human being. Humans have been scattered across the universe, powerless and oppressed, dispersed so widely that no one knows what planet they first came from. Eric survives by selling his talents to the mysterious galactic tyrants known as the Rhudolant Vitae, but has never forgotten he belongs to the human race, and the distant world, the Realm of the Nameless Powers. The Realm may be a backwater, but Eric will do anything to protect his home from the merciless and powerful Vitae.
With the help of fellow refugee Arla Rengate, Eric embarks on a journey across the stars. To save the Realm, he will have to cross the Vitae, and discover a secret that holds the key to the origins of mankind.
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Person
Sarah Zettel is the critically acclaimed author of more than twenty novels, spanning the full range of genre fiction. Her debut novel,
Reclamation, won the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Her second release,
Fool's War, was a 1997 New York Times Notable Book, and the American Library Association named
Playing God one of the Best Books for Young Adults of 1999. Her novel
Bitter Angels won the Philip K. Dick Award for best science fiction paperback in 2009. Her latest novel,
Dust Girl, was named as one of the best young adult books of the year by both
Kirkus Reviews and the American Library Association. Zettel lives in Michigan with her husband, her rapidly growing son, and her cat, Buffy the Vermin Slayer.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Praise for the Writing of Sarah Zettel
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1--Haron Station, Hour 06:23:48, Station Time
- 2--Painted Canyon, the Realm of the Nameless Powers, After Dark
- 3--The Hundredth Core Encampment, Hour 11:34:25, Core Time
- 4--Amaiar Division, Kethran Colony, Hour 09:20:34, City Time.
- 5--Broken Canyon, The Realm of the Nameless Powers, Early Morning
- 6--May 16, in the Net, Hour 22:34:34, Planet Time
- 7--The Home Ground, Hour 08:19:19, Settlement Time
- 8--Amaiar Gardents, Kethran Colony, Hour 05:12:56, City Time
- 9--Amaiar Division, Kethran Colony, Hour 06:20:34, City Time
- 10--The Hundredth Core, Kethran Encampment, 09:46:12, Core Time
- 11--The Realm of the Nameless Powers, Late Afternoon
- 12--Aboard the U-Kenai, 10:04:56, Ship Time
- 13--Section One, Division One, the Home Ground, Hour 11:15:25, Planet Time
- 14--Aboard the U-Kenai, Hour 14:23:45, Ship's Time
- 15--Section five, Division one, The Home Ground, Hour 09:15:25, Planet Time
- 16--The Lif Marshes, The Realm of the Nameless Powers, Afternoon
- 17--The Lif Marshes, The Realm of the Nameless Powers, Morning
- 18--Station Thirty-seven, Section Eighteen, Division Nine, The Home Ground, 11:20:19, Settlement Time
- Acknowledgments
- A Biography of Sarah Zettel
- Copyright
