Resolution
Book III of the Nulapeiron Sequence
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Publisher Description
The war against The Blight is over, and the subterranean realms of Nulapeiron have a chance for peace. But Tom Corcorigan, revolutionary and war hero, newly married and longing for the quiet life, knows that a greater force threatens his world: the planet-consuming Anomaly, which has absorbed billions of humans and alien beings into itself. Tom's association with the disembodied Eemur's Head, the flensed and bloody remains of a powerful Seer, changes him into something more than a poverty-stricken Lord. The spacetime-warping science of Seers and Oracles penetrates the heart of reality, bringing new enemies and allies into Tom's life. And his "story crystal," a gift from a mysterious mu-space Pilot, reveals more of the Pilots' history and true nature, and the existence of their home in a universe no ordinary human being can experience: the strange, shifting, living fractal city that is Labyrinth. Soon the Anomaly, an evil far more powerful than its offspring Blight, rips into the world, decimating the human realms. Among the free humans who survive in the floating terraformer spheres of Nulapeiron's skies, only the forces commanded by Tom Corcorigan have a chance against this omnipotent invader. For only a Warlord who is no longer human, who is willing to sacrifice everything, can deliver humanity from darkness. Resolution concludes the trilogy of Nulapeiron tales featuring Tom Corcorigan, bringing the story to a triumphant climax and revealing the devastating secret of the Oracles' creation.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British author Meaney brings his ambitious saga exploring the nature of space and time to a triumphant conclusion. Tom Corcorigan, the logosopher and one-armed warrior who almost singlehandedly defeated the alien force Dark Fire in the previous book in the trilogy, Context (2005), must cultivate the worst excesses of Nulapeiron's aristocratic system to save the world as it faces complete assimilation into Dark Fire's alien Anomaly. On his honeymoon with his new bride, Elva Strelsthorm, Tom receives a "story crystal" that relates tales of Earth's next evolutionary descendants, the Pilots, who have the ability to navigate "mu-space" and time. Using logosophical concepts and the Pilots' knowledge of mu-space, Tom envisions a daring plan to build a shield around his world that will keep it safe from the Anomaly. Fascinating and highly detailed, this third volume of Meaney's SF epic pulls all the various characters and their time lines together for an emotionally and intellectually satisfying finale.
