Context

by JohnMeaney (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  Nulapeiron: a world isolated for twelve centuries. Its billions of inhabitants occupy subterranean strata, ruled by a logosophically-trained aristocracy of Lords and Ladies whose power base is upheld by Oracles. But revolution has touched all of its many cultures - failing in its intent, yet changing everything. Now Lord Tom Corcorigan - the commoner-turned-noble who renounced his power, the poet, logosopher and holder of the key to understanding the myriad wonders of mu-space, the legendary one-armed warrior, former revolutionary and would-be peacemaker - lies fatally wounded. His survival is dependent on his meeting with a mysterious Seer whose spacetime-warping talents transcend the merely Oracular. It is a confrontation that will result in bitter tragedy and loss - can the woman he loves be truly dead, or can quantum mysteries lie beyond the grave? Turning his back on a society sliding once more into anarchy and chaos, a disillusioned and despairing Tom wanders this strange, stratified world in search of meaning, love and his own salvation. But it seems Nulapeiron is threatened by a vast, insidious and terrifying enemy whose origins may lie beyond their world, beyond their understanding. And now is the time for legends to be reborn...

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $4.68

  Returning to the extraordinarily-imagined subterranean world of Nupaleiron, John Meaney's new novel continues the story of Tom Corcorigan - the one-armed revolutionary, peace-maker and holder of the key to understanding the true nature and significance of mu-space. The concluding pages of Paradox found Tom forcing the two warring factions to recognise the destructiveness of their two opposing paths. Physically, emotionally and spiritually drained - all Tom craves is to be able to return to the simplicity of the life he'd found in the lower strata. But Tom is now a legend, and when unforseen forces threaten to shatter Nulapeiron's fragile peace, it is time for legends to be reborn...John Meaney burst on to the SF scene with his ground-breaking debut novel TO HOLD INFINITY. With PARADOX, he more than fulfilled that promise. Now with this thrilling sequel to that daring and complex second book, he confirms his place at the very forefront of science fiction in the 21st century.