Hell's foundations quiver

Resource Information

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Label

Hell's foundations quiver

Statement of responsibility

David Weber

Creator

• Weber, David, 1952-

Author

• Weber, David, 1952-

Subject

• Science fiction
• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
• Space colonies -- Fiction
• Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction

Genre

• Science fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Centuries ago, the human race fought its first great war against an alien race and lost. A tiny population of human beings fled to distant Safehold. Centuries later, their descendants have forgotten their history. For them, life has been an eternal Middle Ages, ruled by the Church of God Awaiting, whose secret purpose is to prevent the re-emergence of industrial civilization. But not all of Safehold's founders were on board with this plan. Those dissidents left behind their own secret legacies. One of those is Merlyn Athrawes, cybernetic avatar of one of Earth's long dead defenders, now reawakened after a thousand years to restart human progress and reclaim our place in the universe. Merlyn has intervened in the small Safeholdian realm of Charis, seeding it with ideas and innovations and helping it to rise to challenge the hegemony of the Church. It's been a long and bloody fight, but aided by a stream of inventions, breech-loading rifles, signal rockets, Claymore mines, new approaches to manufacturing and supply, Charis and its few allies seem to have finally gained the upper hand. Now major realms have begun to consider switching sides. To all these ends, Merlyn Athrawes has been everywhere, under multiple disguises and wielding hidden powers. The secret of who and what he is has been closely held. But a new player has arrived, one who knows many secrets including Merlyn's own

Member of

• Safehold series, 08

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

Safehold series

Series volume

08

Target audience

adult