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Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman Sentinels (Starshield, Book 1)
Del Rey 0345397606 / 9780345397607 Hardcover Good
0345397606 0345397606 Bood/Very Good. Hardcover. G. Clean, tight and unmarked except for some staining Coffee?? on bottom edge.The veteran SF team of Weis and Hickman (the Dragonlance and Deathgate series) plunges into a new universe with this soap operatic tale of a galactic chase. Exactly 3256 years after a family row sent supreme god Kendis-dai "into mortality" after losing his sister-lover Shuana-kir, "Omnet sifter" Merinda Neskat loses her own lover, Queekat Shn'dar. Even grimmer, Omnet, the governing intergalactic organ of information dissemination, is threatened by the revolt of its synthetic minds?the faster-than-human components that run every aspect of the automated universe, from computers to household appliances. To save Omnet, the grief-ridden Merinda must recover an ancient artifact, the Mantle of Kendis-dai, symbol of the lost Kendis civilization and key to a secret wisdom that could save civilization or disrupt it forever. After searching for eight years, Merinda meets the remnants of Earth's first mission beyond its solar system. Led by the inept Jeremy Griffiths, the bumbling Earth team helps Merinda defeat the evil forces lurking both inside and outside her own shaky, heartbroken psyche. Ludicrous dialogue ("Get out of my sight!... You are a black hole in my existence") and particularly cheesy characterizations spoil this introduction to a potentially intriguing universe where "quantum weather" disrupts the laws of physics and allows magic to intersperse with science. In addition, the mythical, far-future and contemporary Earthling plot lines lack convincing linkages, boding ill for future volumes in this series. $150,000 ad/promo; author tour.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalVeteran sf team Weis and Hickman (The Hand of Chaos, LJ 2/15/93) again create a complex universe in the first book of a planned trilogy. When synthetic minds rebel against humans, disrupting information flow with lies, reluctant Earth captain Jeremy Griffiths is the key to saving civilization. The Mantle of Kendisdai, a powerful ancient artifact of knowledge, can stop the Sentinels?but only if it can be found. This thought-provoking adventure tale of power, greed, and information belongs in all sf collections.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.From BooklistWeis and Hickman launch a new saga. An interstellar society is threatened because its computer net is threatened, and the key to preventing disaster is a talisman, the suitably ancient and lost Mantle of Kendis-Dai. Crucial to recovering the thing is a determined but confused band of survivors of an experimental starship. They are the only ones who can help the masters of the Omnet save themselves, as long as they don't die as a result of one of the bloody intrigues that spring up as seemingly everyone schemes to take material advantage of the impending disaster. Weis and Hickman's world building is fairly routine, but their pacing is excellent, their characterizations are appropriate, and their prose is entirely fit to take the story from beginning to end. Weis and Hickman are crafting another saga according to the pattern that has brought them success and their many fans entertainment. Roland GreenFrom Kirkus ReviewsKicking off a new series from the bestselling duo (the Death Gate cycle, most recently The Seventh Gate, 1994, etc.), Galactic affairs--involving dozens of contending empires, both human and alien--are coordinated by the Omnet, an organization dedicated to gathering and disseminating information and to recovering the Nine Oracles, a set of omniscient synthetic intelligences (``synths''), missing since the fall of an ancient empire. When the first starship from Earth arrives in the vicinity, its crews find that nothing on board works anymore; they're attacked by aliens, and several of them are fed to a demon. Survivor Jeremy Griffiths finds his head full of information, dumped there by a wizard who expires before he can explain. Crisscrossing the galaxy, it emerges, are ``quantum wave fronts'' behind which different sets of physical laws operate (this notion, not a new one, allows the presence of demons, magic dragons, etc., in an ostensibly science fiction setting; its more profound implications seem to have sailed right over the authors' heads). Jeremy, captured by angry Omnet operative Merinda Neskat, learns that the galaxy's ordinary synths are being subverted: Instead of doing their jobs, they're dedicating themselves to a shadowy power group called the Sentinels. To save the day, Merinda must locate the Nine Oracles and obtain an authoritative ruling that should whip the rebellious synths into line. Ambitious hogwash, guaranteed to become a huge success. (150,000 ad/promo; author tour) -- Copyright ?1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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