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Synopsis:
In the reign of President Deklan Comstock, a reborn United States is struggling back to prosperity. Over a century after the Efflorescence of Oil, after the Fall of the Cities, after the Plague of Infertility, after the False Tribulation, after the days of the Pious Presidents, the sixty stars and thirteen stripes wave from the plains of Athabaska to the national capital in New York City. In Colorado Springs, the Dominion sees to the nation’s spiritual needs. In Labrador, the Army wages war on the Dutch. America, unified, is rising once again.
Then out of Labrador come tales of a new Ajax—Captain Commongold, the Youthful Hero of the Saguenay. The ordinary people follow his adventures in the popular press. The Army adores him. The President is…troubled. Especially when the dashing Captain turns out to be his nephew Julian, son of the falsely accused and executed Bryce.
Treachery and intrigue dog Julian’s footsteps. Hairsbreadth escapes and daring rescues fill his days. Stern resolve and tender sentiment dice for Julian’s soul, while his admiration for the works of the Secular Ancients, and his adherence to the evolutionary doctrines of the heretical Darwin, set him at fatal odds with the hierarchy of the Dominion. Plague and fire swirl around the Presidential palace when at last he arrives with the acclamation of the mob.
Hardcover:
> Naamah’s Kiss, Jacqueline Carey
> Everything Matters!, Ron Currie
> The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Gardner Dozois (Anthology)
> Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Omen, Christie Golden
> After the Downfall, Harry Turtledove
Paperback:
> G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, Max Allan Collins
> Timeline, Michael Crichton (Reprint)
> The Demon Redcoat, C.C. Finlay
> The Sorcerer of the North, John Flanagan
> Death’s Head: Maximum Offense, David Gunn
3 comments:
Just saw that the Wilson book has made the Hugo finals for nest novel of the year for the 2010 awards. Haven't really heard much about that one...
Benjamin! Thanks for stopping by the blog and voting! It's been more confusing than anything else. I get very good emails and comments...on both!
Cover A (the one you picked) certainly has less controversy surrounding whether the font is right or the ghost is transparent or the gravestone too big...
:>)
Thanks again. I appreciate the feedback!
Maria
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