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Forty thousand years ago, humanity fled a dying Earth. Traveling in massive arkships, these brave pioneers spread out across the galaxy to find a new home. After traveling thousands of light-years, one fleet of arkships arrived at Centauri, a dense cluster of stars with a vast array of potentially habitable planets. The survivors of Earth signaled to the remaining arkships that humanity had finally found its new home among the stars.
Thousands of years later, the Centauri Cluster has flourished. The original settlers have evolved into advanced beings known as Celestials and divided themselves into powerful Dominions. One of the most influential is that of the Crown Celestials, an alliance of five great houses that controls vast areas of Centauri. As arkships continue to arrive, the remaining humans and their descendants must fight for survival against overwhelming odds or be forced into serving the Crown Dominion.
Among those yearning for a better life is Finn, for whom Earth is not a memory but merely a footnote from humanity’s ancient history. Born on one of the Crown Dominion worlds, Finn has known nothing but the repressive rule of the Celestials, though he dreams of the possibility of boundless space beyond his home.
When another arkship from Earth, previously thought lost, unexpectedly arrives, Finn sees his chance to embrace a greater destiny and become a Traveler—one of a group of brave heroes dedicated to ensuring humanity’s future by journeying into the vast unknown of distant space.
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- ISBN: 9780593357675
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- ISBN: 9780593357675
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July 26, 2024
Forty thousand years ago, humans fled a dying Earth in a great exodus to reach the habitable worlds of the Centauri Cluster. Through complex and intricate planetary engineering, they forged advanced and Eden-like civilizations. However, some of the ships that initially left the Sol System all those millennia ago arrived late, with the original humans still inside from eras long past. A couple of these individuals rescue Finn, a young man who is disillusioned with the oppressive dominions of their society and rebels against his hereditary duties. Unfortunately, he crosses the wrong people and is thrown out of an aircraft; from there, the adventure begins. With such a grand scale, the story flows through multiple perspectives set in diverse cultures. VERDICT This hefty tome is the first of two novels set in the world of the Exodus video game, for which Hamilton (The Saints of Salvation) is a creative consultant. As a result, it's easy to imagine this epic space opera as an immersive gaming experience, and many of the author's strengths shine through. It's full of heroics and fast-paced action, interplanetary intrigue, and the innovative exploration of futuristic technologies and their societal impacts.--Andrea Dyba
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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