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Jan 02, 2001 | ISBN 9780345395184 Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Dec 15, 2010 | ISBN 9780307776129 Buy
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Jan 02, 2001 | ISBN 9780345395184
Dec 15, 2010 | ISBN 9780307776129
Two centuries into the future, the Hundred Concerns, a group of powerful corporations that dominate galactic commerce, have pressured the Commonwealth of Humans into signing a pact with the Haluk, a conquering alien race with nefarious designs. Among the few people who recognize the malevolent intent of the aliens is hotheaded maverick Helly Frost.To prove that the Haluk have created demiclones–genetically engineered individuals who are perfect human replicas–Helly travels to the Sagittarius Whorl, a fearsome region of the galaxy hostile to every form of life. But he must find crucial pieces of evidence that will expose the Haluk plot. Instead, he discovers something far darker than he had ever imagined. . . .
Julian May was born in Chicago in 1931. She has written numerous books, including the four books of The Saga of Pliocene Exile, the two books of Intervention, and The Galactic Milieu Trilogy. She also collaborated with André Norton and… More about Julian May
"A WRITER OF EXCEPTIONAL PERCEPTION AND POWER."–JEAN M. AUEL
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