Son of Heaven
Son of Heaven
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The BRAND NEW prequel to Chung Kuo, a MASTERWORK of future history standing alongside Herbert's Dune and Asimov's Foundation 'Imagine a collaboration between James Clavell and Frank Herbert and the result might be something very much like Chung Kuo... smart, involving, entertaining' San Francisco Chronicle
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Son of Heaven by David Wingrove
The year is 2085, two decades after the great economic collapse that destroyed Western civilization. With its power broken and its cities ruined, life in the West continues in scattered communities. In rural Dorset Jake Reed lives with his 14-year-old son and memories of the great collapse. Back in '43, Jake was a rich, young futures broker, immersed in the datascape of the world's financial markets. He saw what was coming - and who was behind it. Forewarned, he was one of the few to escape the fall. For 22 years he has lived in fear of the future, and finally it is coming - quite literally - across the plain towards him. Chinese airships are in the skies and a strange, glacial structure has begun to dominate the horizon. Jake finds himself forcibly incorporated into the ever-expanding 'World of Levels' a global city of some 34 billion souls, where social status is reflected by how far above the ground you live. Here, under the rule of the mighty Tsao Ch'un, a resurgent China is seeking to abolish the past and bring about world peace through rigidly enforced order. But a civil war looms, and Jake will find himself at the heart of the struggle for the future.
EpicSkillful. Riveting. * Guardian *
Love, tragedy, joy... all human life (and death) is here * The Times *
One of the masterpieces of the decade * Washington Post *
Quite extraordinary... finally delivers SF into the hands of an English Proust * Brian Aldiss *
Excellent... with a well-imagined universe, well-executed characters and action that doesn't let up, this is Orwell's 1984 but on an enormous canvas packed with detail * Toronto Globe and Mail *
Love, tragedy, joy... all human life (and death) is here * The Times *
One of the masterpieces of the decade * Washington Post *
Quite extraordinary... finally delivers SF into the hands of an English Proust * Brian Aldiss *
Excellent... with a well-imagined universe, well-executed characters and action that doesn't let up, this is Orwell's 1984 but on an enormous canvas packed with detail * Toronto Globe and Mail *
David Wingrove is the Hugo Award-winning co-author (with Brian Aldiss) of Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction. He is also the co-author of the first three MYST books - novelizations of one of the world's bestselling computer games. He lives in north London with his wife and four daughters.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781848875265 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848875266 |
| Title | Son of Heaven |
| Author | David Wingrove |
| Series | Chung Kuo Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2011-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |