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When the governing Council tasked with running the world‑spanning computer known as Mother fractures in a violent civil war, civilization slides from a gleaming technological age into a medieval‑style chaos. In this precarious new order, Herzer Herrick and Megan Trevante are assigned the critical mission of capturing the spaceship that supplies the planet’s vital power resources. Amid battle, political intrigue, and the stark realities of a society rebuilding itself, the novel examines the complex relationship between the two protagonists, the politics of the emerging world, and crucial technological details about space and power systems.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: John Ringo
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