by Smart, Ralph
Paperback - English - 9780956897312
A GRIPPING NEW SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER NOVEL SET IN 'NEW LONDON' 2049 AD, IN THE MIDST OF NANO-TECHNOLOGY. WE LIVED IN THE DIGITAL AGE, FUTURE WARS WOULD BE FOUGHT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. NEW LONDON'S ARCHITECTURE KEPT GROWING; THEY BUILT BUILDINGS OUT OF NOTHING. FOREIGN ENTITIES CREATED ILLUSIONS THROUGH ARCHITECTURE, VAST LABYRINTHS-WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS. DISTINGUISHING AUTHENTIC WORLDS FROM FAKE ONES BECAME CHALLENGING, EVEN FOR THE GREATEST OF MINDS. CAST UNDER A SPELL, TRICKED. FOREIGN ENTITIES UNDERSTOOD NUMBERS, THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEM. THEY ACQUIRED POWER, DOMINION OVER ALL KINGDOMS ON-'EARTH.' I HEAR THE SCREAMS FROM EARTH; SCREAMS OF A BILLION PRISONERS; SCREAMS OF ABANDONED CHILDREN FROM THEIR MOTHERS; WHAT HAVE WE BECOME? WE HAVE SEEN EARTH DISINTEGRATE INTO A HANDFUL ASH. WE WATCH YOUR MASTER MANIPULATORS CREATE FAMINES, DEBT-PRISONS TO HOUSE YOU IN. HOW THEY CREATE ENDLESS LANGUAGES TO KEEP YOU DIVIDED. WE WATCH THE 'UNDESIRABLES' PERPETUATE FALSE CLAIMS; A MYRIAD OF LIES. A WORLD FULL OF SCREENS, LOTS OF SQUARES, NO CIRCLES. TRYATHON HAS SEEN IT ALL, AND WE WILL WATCH NO-FURTHER. IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY, EARTH IS STARVED OF WISDOM. - HATHORA THE EPIC BEGINS.
