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Legacy

by Greg Bear


Thistledown, an asteroid converted to starship and home to 75 million people, is in the seventh century of its journey to a distant star. At the heart of Thistledown is the Way, a tunnel through space and time that leads to other worlds. Olmy Ap Sennon, a member of Way Defense, embarks on a mission to Lamarckia (one of ten Earth-like planets so far discovered) to investigate an illegal immigration by 4,000 Naderite radicals.

So begins Greg Bear's stunning prequel to Eon. Legacy is an imaginative tale of the human pioneering spirit; of adventure, hardship and suffering as humans struggle to survive on a beautiful but unforgiving planet. While warring factions compete for supremacy and limited resources, mysterious native biological entities start to undergo remarkable changes, changes so profound and far-reaching that they will alter the world of Lamarckia forever.

Greg Bear, author of Dead Lines, Darwin's Children and more than 30 other works of science fiction, has won the Hugo and Nebula awards, the Prix Apollo in France, and the Endeavor Award for best novel published by a NW science fiction writer. Greg, son-in-law of the late, great sci-fi novelist Poul Anderson, lives in the Seattle area of the Pacific Northwest with his wife and their two children.

Visit Greg Bear's Web site at www.gregbear.com/.


Review by Phil Hanson

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