Boekdetails
Formaat
Kindle
Pagina's
422
Taal
Engels
Gepubliceerd
Dec 27, 2015
Uitgever
Black Shards Press
ISBN-10
1944247688
ISBN-13
9781944247683
Beschrijving
Book Two of the Recognition Saga.
After Ezra Randall flees Earth with his grandson Myles in tow, they face danger on the surface of Mars and within Liberty First itself. Decades in the making, Liberty First's first-ever free elections promise a new period of freedom, but the nascent democracy is threatened when an old rivalry springs up between Ezra and his closest associated, Dr. Jim Haines. Can the colony hold together long enough for its fledgling political system to establish itself?
Myles too finds that life on Mars is filled with difficulties. Liberty First's education system introduces him to the thrill - and the pressure - of competition for the first time. Quickly making both friends and enemies, Myles finds working in a cohort more challenging than he'd ever imagined. Worse, not everyone on Mars is willing to play - or fight - fair.
Meanwhile, the Guardianship, for decades to sole force of government for all of civilized Earth, is forced to fight a new kind of battle for as powerful external agents work against the dictatorship by targeting some of its most important members, including the Guardian himself. Sandra Anichi, the Guardianship's North American Director, is one of those who can't stand life in the Guardianship's corrupt oligarchy any longer. Cutting her Lifer's R-chip out, she finds freedom - and danger - living on her own away from the Guardianship.
In addition, Recognition, the unifying force of the Guardianship, also comes into question. For decades the Guardianship has squelched rebellion with the stick of its military and the carrot of longevity, the end game of Recognition. Has that long-standing combination run its course? Or can the Guardian, his health faltering, keep the dictatorship he founded together even as some of its best and brightest are disappearing for parts unknown?
After Ezra Randall flees Earth with his grandson Myles in tow, they face danger on the surface of Mars and within Liberty First itself. Decades in the making, Liberty First's first-ever free elections promise a new period of freedom, but the nascent democracy is threatened when an old rivalry springs up between Ezra and his closest associated, Dr. Jim Haines. Can the colony hold together long enough for its fledgling political system to establish itself?
Myles too finds that life on Mars is filled with difficulties. Liberty First's education system introduces him to the thrill - and the pressure - of competition for the first time. Quickly making both friends and enemies, Myles finds working in a cohort more challenging than he'd ever imagined. Worse, not everyone on Mars is willing to play - or fight - fair.
Meanwhile, the Guardianship, for decades to sole force of government for all of civilized Earth, is forced to fight a new kind of battle for as powerful external agents work against the dictatorship by targeting some of its most important members, including the Guardian himself. Sandra Anichi, the Guardianship's North American Director, is one of those who can't stand life in the Guardianship's corrupt oligarchy any longer. Cutting her Lifer's R-chip out, she finds freedom - and danger - living on her own away from the Guardianship.
In addition, Recognition, the unifying force of the Guardianship, also comes into question. For decades the Guardianship has squelched rebellion with the stick of its military and the carrot of longevity, the end game of Recognition. Has that long-standing combination run its course? Or can the Guardian, his health faltering, keep the dictatorship he founded together even as some of its best and brightest are disappearing for parts unknown?