The Ascension Factor

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In this, the last növel to spring from the collaborative genius of Frank Herbert and Bili Ransom, we return to the water world called Pandora. Like Dune, it is a world thrown out of its ecological balance. Unlike Dune, Pandora's very survival as a planet is at stake. THE A8GEN8TON FAGT9R FRANK HERBERT AND BIIsIs RANSOM Pandora's humans have been recovering land from its raging seas at an accelerated pace since The Lazarus Effect. The great kelp of the seas, sentient but electronically manipulated by humans, buffers Pandora's wild currents to restore land and facilitate the booming sea trade. New settlements rise overnight, but children starve in their shadows. An orbiting assembly station is near completion of Project Voidship, which is the hope of many for finding a better world. Pandora is under the fist of an ambitious clone from hibernation called The Director, who rules with a sadistic security force led by the assassin Spider Nevi. Small resistance groups, like the one... Tovább

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In this, the last növel to spring from the collaborative genius of Frank Herbert and Bili Ransom, we return to the water world called Pandora. Like Dune, it is a world thrown out of its ecological balance. Unlike Dune, Pandora's very survival as a planet is at stake. THE A8GEN8TON FAGT9R FRANK HERBERT AND BIIsIs RANSOM Pandora's humans have been recovering land from its raging seas at an accelerated pace since The Lazarus Effect. The great kelp of the seas, sentient but electronically manipulated by humans, buffers Pandora's wild currents to restore land and facilitate the booming sea trade. New settlements rise overnight, but children starve in their shadows. An orbiting assembly station is near completion of Project Voidship, which is the hope of many for finding a better world. Pandora is under the fist of an ambitious clone from hibernation called The Director, who rules with a sadistic security force led by the assassin Spider Nevi. Small resistance groups, like the one (Continued on back flap)
(Continued Jrom front flap) led by Twisp Queets and Ben Ozette, have had little effect on his absolute power. The Director controls the transportation of foodstuffs; uprisings are punished with starvation. The resistance fighters' main hope is Crista Galli, a woman believed by somé to be the child of God. Crista pools her talents with Dwarf Macintosh, Beatriz Tatoosh, and Rico LaPush to transcend the barriers between the different species and overthrow The Director and the sinister cabal with which he rules. : ; Frank Herbert was one of the best-loved writers ever to work in the science fiction genre. His passionate concern for justice between people, among peoples, and with other beings informed all of his written works. Bili Ransom was the recipient of the PEN/NEA Syndicated Fiction Award in 1982 and 1986. He lives in Washington State. ¦\h


w Photograph of Frank Herbert © 1984 by Andrew Unangst Photograph of Bili Ransom © 1987 by Andrew Unangst Jacket illustration copyright © 1987 by Ron Miller Vissza