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Busied by an unlikely crew of heathens, heretics, pantheists, perverts and true believers, a white spaceship—piloted by a slightly crazed bio‑computer—embarks on a cosmic pilgrimage to Tananius‑Ofo, the planet where God awaits a select few. Millennia later, the deity is ready to grant answers to the first pilgrim who reaches Him, but the journey is fraught with internal conflict as the diverse travelers clash, vying for the divine secret before they inevitably take each other out on the way.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Brian Herbert
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