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Hardback. Condición: New. Wyrm's mother always told him he was special, that he was the World Soul who'd bring peace to the galaxy. But she's babbling now, committed to an asylum, leaving the sickly 10-year-old on a perilous journey to find his father.That father is none other than Anacharsis Stifler, the man who discovered the Plasma in old Earth's ruins, a weapon that's allowed the atheist Archosians to liberate planet after planet from their superstitious beliefs, whether they want to be liberated or not.When Anacharsis returned to Earth to find a cure for his wife, he vanished, setting off not only Wyrm's desperate trek, but an invasion of the fragile world by Archosian High Commander Sebe Mordent, who can't allow anyone else to find whatever secrets remain.Meanwhile, the Pantheon, an uneasy collection of diverse faiths, approach their old foes, the Kundun Slave-kings, in the hope of forming an alliance to stop the atheist expansion. En route, Wyrm is forced to throw in with a manipulative gender-shifting alien, a war criminal, a genocidal female scientist, and the childlike woman Calico.But is Calico harmless, or a visitor from Earth's past sent to judge whether humanity is worth preserving? The Stars Within is a sprawling sci-fi epic, populated with complex, at times flawed, at times heroic, but always real characters.Political intrigue, theological musings, and a tightly-woven action-driven story play out in six intertwining narratives set in a fully realized universe on the verge of mass war.

Hardback. Condición: New. Faehnrich, Kyle Ilustrador. Hi it's me, Alessandra, you can call me Sanny though, wait, don't think that's because we're close or anything, I just don't want to hear you butcher the rolling R in my name thats all.  Anyhow I guess you're wondering why you're here, how did we even meet? You know I'm just a high school senior right? I know, impressive, but stay with me, I'm trying to uncover the truth about these strange occurrences, these strange coincidences happening in my home town of East Valley.  Actually, let's take a step back for a moment, and level set a few things. First of all, you ever wonder why it feels like the elite class never ages, why no matter how hard you work, no matter how "lucky" you get, seemingly you can't reach the levels of what you see in the media? I would think that alone would spawn questions about things, about how, and who and why, and when. But evidently, when you ask those questions, you are faced with resistance, with lies, with attacks. lucky for me, that's my favorite flavor of admiration.  Seriously, no wonder these mysteries haven't been uncovered yet, haven't been given their 15 minutes of fame. Everytime you poke around, you get framed or canceled or worse. expelled. Gosh, I sound like Hermione Granger, but I'm serious. I don't come from much, well actually, I don't really come from anything, my mom and I live in the poorest part of town, and I'm one of the "lucky ones" bused into EVR to "show" inclusion from the most prominent public school in the nation.  As you know if you were paying any attention up above, my dad died before I was born, so I don't know much about him, but I do know his death, and my mom being the absolute legend she is, is what secured me a spot at EVR. And I've been taking advantage of that privilege ever since the ripe old age of 9. Come to think of it, it's a bit strange isn't it that I was picked, ehhh whatever, well come back to that. As I was saying, I aced every class, was smarter at every turn, ha, these locals never saw anyone like me, and that's the way I like it.  No stupid, not my race, not the color of my skin, we're talking about my economic class, my lack of privilege and my big ole brain. Stay with me here, this isn't a story about race, it's a story about the capitalist caste system we have lulled ourselves into here in America.  So when I say I am the last person who should be snooping around, asking the tough questions, you know I mean it. But there I go again, too smart for my own good. I can't just leave these questions in my head unanswered, I can't just let these oddities persist without justification, I'm just not wired that way. So whether I get expelled, or (hopefully at least) tortured, I will find some of the truths about the underbelly of the American elite class, all the while graduating from one of their elite schools, in the midst of applying to one of their elite institutions; God the irony of the elitism is not lost on me.  Hopefully if I'm lucky, I can get a front row seat to.

Hardback. Condición: New. Mysterious fires and relentless storms wear down an already dwindling population, but as the fires grow more focused and destructive, a young messenger is compelled to seek out answers that have been hidden from him for twenty years. When I saw the smoke rising again, I knew it was him. Because he always waited for the storm before setting another fire. He wanted us terrified and restless. But he didn't account for our maxim, the three words that made us Galilieans. We endured because of those three words. It was the same reason Raindrop and I always followed the smoke. Despite Luminator Eloanne's warnings, I couldn't let it keep happening. She was still looking for survivors like me-anyone who would bite down on the world and never let go-who would scratch and crawl and dig and hold on, even as it all burned. They were out there. We only had to find them.

Hardback. Condición: New. Faehnrich, Kyle Ilustrador.

Hardback. Condición: New. Arizmendi, Alex Ilustrador. Mutant Labs is your typical science lab. They do work on rockets, gene splicing, finding cures, and you know.interdimensional energy type stuff.  The company is currently working on their potentially biggest breakthrough yet: a renewable energy device strong enough to power an entire city block, but small enough to fit into the palm of your paw: about the size of a ball of yarn, and comprised of a powerful synthetic thread that draws power from alternate planes of existence. It's complicated, but it works, trust us. So what's this great innovation called? Mutant Labs are currently calling it: The Cluster. But with all great inventions, hubris is always a problem. The Mutant Labs higher-ups want the Cluster ready for market "yesterday", forcing project leader Flux and his team of idiot geniuses to scramble and cut some corners to get it working in time for the big event. But taking shortcuts can be dangerous when you're working with that interdimensional energy type stuff.  With realities overlapping, we've now entered the Mutantverse. And let me tell you, it's a real cluster fu@%.

Hardback. Condición: New. Lucchina, Marco Ilustrador.

Hardback. Condición: New. Liam Kerr is your typical 16 year old boy in 2293. He wakes up, eats breakfast, goes to school, and, in 24 months, he will make the biggest decision of his life. Now, I know what you're thinking, and no - it's not college. Human ingenuity has evolved past that. Upon graduating from grade school, the need for that 4+ year advanced education exercise is truncated into a single, instantaneous download of information. Instead, the human paradox in the 23rd century is simply the decision of a lifetime, made at the age of 18. Facing the transition from teenager to adulthood, all humans must decide what is more important: traveling the cosmic ocean as an android, devoid of most capacity for emotion; or living out their days as a "biological" on earth, confronting all the beauty and ugliness of the human paradigm.  Even with science fantasy technology being harnessed, physics still has its limits. Only highly-advanced nanotech machinery can travel and particularize up- and downstream, withstanding the crushing forces at these unimaginable speeds. The biological human body cannot withstand this (though not for lack of trying: decades of failed missions have brought us to this solution). The optimal way to collect interstellar data and information is thus to fuse the human consciousness into a one way ticket, human machine hybrid. An Android.  Mind transfers and other robotic innovations are commonplace in the 23rd century, but again we find that with great innovation comes the ever present caveats. The biological transfer only works at the age of 18, due to the health of the synapses' in the brain. Any older and it becomes uncertain if the transfer would work - by the age of 30 it's akin to suicide. Earth has achieved marvelous innovation. Unimaginable science fiction has become science fact, including the most impressive feat of them all: the ability to travel at Faster Than Light speed. Humans have unlocked the possibility to visit countless worlds filled with intelligent life. A dream that science has imagined since the dawn of Copernicus. Now fully-realized, the question that festers in every adolescent is simple:  "What is the price of the stars?" Wishful thinking has been lost to time. Science fiction folly of fairytale endings and dreams of a long and fruitful life on earth, ending in a fusion of man and machine into the dark horizon of space and time with the never ending adventure of the cosmos was nothing more than a fool's errand. .  The great humor, as the people would refer to it, is the poetic truth that no species beyond the earth could ever meet a biological human. No matter how clever their technology was, no matter how elegant their solutions may be, humanity would never encounter another species face-to-face. Only their Derivative Andronic selves had that honor.  The time is now nearing for young Liam to decide what type of being he is destined to be. A space-faring machine with an undying consciousness and the prospect of endle.

Hardback. Condición: New. Henderson, Scott Ilustrador. 1st. Genetic manipulation has poisoned the ecosystem of the earth. Since the Unraveling, no newborn lives past puberty and earth is a warring, wild land. To create the cure, a reclusive madman and his animal army must kill their way west to save a girl that might unlock the door to the future. Bale, heir to the Gencore corporation fortune, has turned his back on both family and company after they caused the collapse of civilization. Now, he lives in a compound with a zoo's worth of half-tame predator animals who are his only friends. When a mysterious woman offers Bale the chance to restore the world by aiding her quest to save the only teenager anyone has seen for a decade, Bale becomes a reluctant savior. He agrees to escort the women, leading a pack of wild beasts on a quest across a dangerous, dystopian America. Will they survive the journey? Is it already too late?

Paperback. Condición: New. Blaine, Patrick; Owens, Andy; Ribeiro, Dinei Ilustrador. Kane, a humble woodsman, is thrust into a hidden war when a ruthless corporation-controlled by an ancient council of shapeshifters-targets him. As he battles its tyrannical new leader, Kane uncovers his own mystical lineage, standing as the last hope against a world where greed and the supernatural collide.

Hardback. Condición: New. Wyrm's mother always told him he was special, that he was the World Soul who'd bring peace to the galaxy. But she's babbling now, committed to an asylum, leaving the sickly 10-year-old on a perilous journey to find his father.That father is none other than Anacharsis Stifler, the man who discovered the Plasma in old Earth's ruins, a weapon that's allowed the atheist Archosians to liberate planet after planet from their superstitious beliefs, whether they want to be liberated or not.When Anacharsis returned to Earth to find a cure for his wife, he vanished, setting off not only Wyrm's desperate trek, but an invasion of the fragile world by Archosian High Commander Sebe Mordent, who can't allow anyone else to find whatever secrets remain.Meanwhile, the Pantheon, an uneasy collection of diverse faiths, approach their old foes, the Kundun Slave-kings, in the hope of forming an alliance to stop the atheist expansion. En route, Wyrm is forced to throw in with a manipulative gender-shifting alien, a war criminal, a genocidal female scientist, and the childlike woman Calico.But is Calico harmless, or a visitor from Earth's past sent to judge whether humanity is worth preserving? The Stars Within is a sprawling sci-fi epic, populated with complex, at times flawed, at times heroic, but always real characters.Political intrigue, theological musings, and a tightly-woven action-driven story play out in six intertwining narratives set in a fully realized universe on the verge of mass war.

Hardback. Condición: New. Faehnrich, Kyle Ilustrador. Hi it's me, Alessandra, you can call me Sanny though, wait, don't think that's because we're close or anything, I just don't want to hear you butcher the rolling R in my name thats all.  Anyhow I guess you're wondering why you're here, how did we even meet? You know I'm just a high school senior right? I know, impressive, but stay with me, I'm trying to uncover the truth about these strange occurrences, these strange coincidences happening in my home town of East Valley.  Actually, let's take a step back for a moment, and level set a few things. First of all, you ever wonder why it feels like the elite class never ages, why no matter how hard you work, no matter how "lucky" you get, seemingly you can't reach the levels of what you see in the media? I would think that alone would spawn questions about things, about how, and who and why, and when. But evidently, when you ask those questions, you are faced with resistance, with lies, with attacks. lucky for me, that's my favorite flavor of admiration.  Seriously, no wonder these mysteries haven't been uncovered yet, haven't been given their 15 minutes of fame. Everytime you poke around, you get framed or canceled or worse. expelled. Gosh, I sound like Hermione Granger, but I'm serious. I don't come from much, well actually, I don't really come from anything, my mom and I live in the poorest part of town, and I'm one of the "lucky ones" bused into EVR to "show" inclusion from the most prominent public school in the nation.  As you know if you were paying any attention up above, my dad died before I was born, so I don't know much about him, but I do know his death, and my mom being the absolute legend she is, is what secured me a spot at EVR. And I've been taking advantage of that privilege ever since the ripe old age of 9. Come to think of it, it's a bit strange isn't it that I was picked, ehhh whatever, well come back to that. As I was saying, I aced every class, was smarter at every turn, ha, these locals never saw anyone like me, and that's the way I like it.  No stupid, not my race, not the color of my skin, we're talking about my economic class, my lack of privilege and my big ole brain. Stay with me here, this isn't a story about race, it's a story about the capitalist caste system we have lulled ourselves into here in America.  So when I say I am the last person who should be snooping around, asking the tough questions, you know I mean it. But there I go again, too smart for my own good. I can't just leave these questions in my head unanswered, I can't just let these oddities persist without justification, I'm just not wired that way. So whether I get expelled, or (hopefully at least) tortured, I will find some of the truths about the underbelly of the American elite class, all the while graduating from one of their elite schools, in the midst of applying to one of their elite institutions; God the irony of the elitism is not lost on me.  Hopefully if I'm lucky, I can get a front row seat to.

Hardback. Condición: New. Mysterious fires and relentless storms wear down an already dwindling population, but as the fires grow more focused and destructive, a young messenger is compelled to seek out answers that have been hidden from him for twenty years. When I saw the smoke rising again, I knew it was him. Because he always waited for the storm before setting another fire. He wanted us terrified and restless. But he didn't account for our maxim, the three words that made us Galilieans. We endured because of those three words. It was the same reason Raindrop and I always followed the smoke. Despite Luminator Eloanne's warnings, I couldn't let it keep happening. She was still looking for survivors like me-anyone who would bite down on the world and never let go-who would scratch and crawl and dig and hold on, even as it all burned. They were out there. We only had to find them.

Hardback. Condición: New. Faehnrich, Kyle Ilustrador.

Hardback. Condición: New. Pigliamosche, Lorenza Ilustrador. 1st. Time. Space. Existence. The end of all things. The beginning of something new. The reconciliation of decisions. This is what awaits our fatal remains of civilization at the last black hole at the end of time. The Neo-human, Harmony, Multitude, Remnant, Echo, and the Time Traveler all are summoned by chance, fate, or technology to discuss the trials and tribulations of the stardust ancestors they arose from. But what is there to do, when all of time is ending, when the last particles of the universe are dissipating and moving on from the realm? That is a question for our unlikely conclave to decide. What type of legacy will they, can they, leave a dying universe?

Hardback. Condición: New. Lucchina, Marco Ilustrador.

Hardback. Condición: New. Lucchina, Marco Ilustrador. From the twisted minds of Bobby Lee, Matthew Medney, Steve Orlando, and GUNGNIR, DEADWEIGHT is a blood-soaked, nut-cracking, soul-reclaiming battle royale that mashes Bruce Lee, John Wick, and Scott Pilgrim into one gloriously deranged saga of destiny and demons.Bobby Lee was just a grease-stained loser scrubbing dishes in a decaying hell tower-until a haunted sword showed up and everyone in his building turned into flesh-hungry death cultists armed with blenders, bug zappers, and bloodlust.Now Bobby's slashing his way floor by floor through possessed neighbors, chainsaw perverts, satanic raver armies, and a hallucinogenic horde of suburban nightmares. Every kill drags him deeper into a war he doesn't understand, but the sword in his hand has other plans-and it's not letting go.Destiny called. Bobby sent it to voicemail.Now it's kicking in the door with a flaming stripper pole.

Paperback. Condición: New. Blaine, Patrick; Owens, Andy; Ribeiro, Dinei Ilustrador. Kane, a humble woodsman, is thrust into a hidden war when a ruthless corporation-controlled by an ancient council of shapeshifters-targets him. As he battles its tyrannical new leader, Kane uncovers his own mystical lineage, standing as the last hope against a world where greed and the supernatural collide.

Hardback. Condición: New. Henderson, Scott Ilustrador.

Hardback. Condición: New. Henderson, Scott Ilustrador.

Hardback. Condición: New. Henderson, Scott Ilustrador.

Hardback. Condición: New. Arizmendi, Alex Ilustrador. Mutant Labs is your typical science lab. They do work on rockets, gene splicing, finding cures, and you know.interdimensional energy type stuff.  The company is currently working on their potentially biggest breakthrough yet: a renewable energy device strong enough to power an entire city block, but small enough to fit into the palm of your paw: about the size of a ball of yarn, and comprised of a powerful synthetic thread that draws power from alternate planes of existence. It's complicated, but it works, trust us. So what's this great innovation called? Mutant Labs are currently calling it: The Cluster. But with all great inventions, hubris is always a problem. The Mutant Labs higher-ups want the Cluster ready for market "yesterday", forcing project leader Flux and his team of idiot geniuses to scramble and cut some corners to get it working in time for the big event. But taking shortcuts can be dangerous when you're working with that interdimensional energy type stuff.  With realities overlapping, we've now entered the Mutantverse. And let me tell you, it's a real cluster fu@%.

Hardback. Condición: New. Henderson, Scott Ilustrador. 1st. Genetic manipulation has poisoned the ecosystem of the earth. Since the Unraveling, no newborn lives past puberty and earth is a warring, wild land. To create the cure, a reclusive madman and his animal army must kill their way west to save a girl that might unlock the door to the future. Bale, heir to the Gencore corporation fortune, has turned his back on both family and company after they caused the collapse of civilization. Now, he lives in a compound with a zoo's worth of half-tame predator animals who are his only friends. When a mysterious woman offers Bale the chance to restore the world by aiding her quest to save the only teenager anyone has seen for a decade, Bale becomes a reluctant savior. He agrees to escort the women, leading a pack of wild beasts on a quest across a dangerous, dystopian America. Will they survive the journey? Is it already too late?

Hardback. Condición: New. Pigliamosche, Lorenza Ilustrador.

Hardback. Condición: New. Lucchina, Marco Ilustrador. GUNGNIR RUNE EDITIONIn Norse mythology, runes are not merely letters-they are sacred, magical symbols drawn from the ancient Germanic alphabets such as the Elder Futhark, used by Vikings for writing, divination, and the public display of power. Each rune was believed to carry cosmic knowledge, a fragment of the universe's hidden order, first revealed when Odin sacrificed himself to Yggdrasil, hanging between life and death to seize wisdom from beyond the veil. More than phonetic marks, runes embodied gods, elemental forces, and spiritual truths, functioning as a living bridge between the material world and the unseen. Even the word rune comes from the Old Norse rún-meaning "secret" or "mystery." Our Rune Editions honor this legacy: books forged not simply to be read, but to be held as vessels of power, knowledge, and myth, carrying stories meant to endure.Presented as a GUNGNIR Rune Edition in a custom magnetic caseFrom the twisted minds of Bobby Lee, Matthew Medney, Steve Orlando, and GUNGNIR, DEADWEIGHT is a blood-soaked, nut-cracking, soul-reclaiming battle royale that mashes Bruce Lee, John Wick, and Scott Pilgrim into one gloriously deranged saga of destiny and demons.Bobby Lee was just a grease-stained loser scrubbing dishes in a decaying hell tower-until a haunted sword showed up and everyone in his building turned into flesh-hungry death cultists armed with blenders, bug zappers, and bloodlust. Now Bobby's slashing his way floor by floor through possessed neighbors, chainsaw perverts, satanic raver armies, and a hallucinogenic horde of suburban nightmares. Every kill drags him deeper into a war he doesn't understand, but the sword in his hand has other plans-and it's not letting go.Destiny called. Bobby sent it to voicemail.Now it's kicking in the door with a flaming stripper pole.

Hardback. Condición: New. Pigliamosche, Lorenza Ilustrador. 1st. Time. Space. Existence. The end of all things. The beginning of something new. The reconciliation of decisions. This is what awaits our fatal remains of civilization at the last black hole at the end of time. The Neo-human, Harmony, Multitude, Remnant, Echo, and the Time Traveler all are summoned by chance, fate, or technology to discuss the trials and tribulations of the stardust ancestors they arose from. But what is there to do, when all of time is ending, when the last particles of the universe are dissipating and moving on from the realm? That is a question for our unlikely conclave to decide. What type of legacy will they, can they, leave a dying universe?

Hardback. Condición: New. Henderson, Scott Ilustrador. GUNGNIR RUNE EDITIONIn Norse mythology, runes are not merely letters-they are sacred, magical symbols drawn from the ancient Germanic alphabets such as the Elder Futhark, used by Vikings for writing, divination, and the public display of power. Each rune was believed to carry cosmic knowledge, a fragment of the universe's hidden order, first revealed when Odin sacrificed himself to Yggdrasil, hanging between life and death to seize wisdom from beyond the veil. More than phonetic marks, runes embodied gods, elemental forces, and spiritual truths, functioning as a living bridge between the material world and the unseen. Even the word rune comes from the Old Norse rún-meaning "secret" or "mystery." Our Rune Editions honor this legacy: books forged not simply to be read, but to be held as vessels of power, knowledge, and myth, carrying stories meant to endure.Presented as a GUNGNIR Rune Edition in a custom magnetic caseGenetic manipulation has poisoned the ecosystem of the earth. Since the Unraveling, no newborn lives past puberty and earth is a warring, wild land.To create the cure, a reclusive madman and his animal army must kill their way west to save a girl that might unlock the door to the future. Bale, heir to the Gencore corporation fortune, has turned his back on both family and company after they caused the collapse of civilization. Now, he lives in a compound with a zoo's worth of half-tame predator animals who are his only friends.When a mysterious woman offers Bale the chance to restore the world by aiding her quest to save the only teenager anyone has seen for a decade, Bale becomes a reluctant savior. He agrees to escort the women, leading a pack of wild beasts on a quest across a dangerous, dystopian America.Will they survive the journey? Is it already too late?

Hardback. Condición: New. Henderson, Scott Ilustrador. GUNGNIR RUNE EDITIONIn Norse mythology, runes are not merely letters-they are sacred, magical symbols drawn from the ancient Germanic alphabets such as the Elder Futhark, used by Vikings for writing, divination, and the public display of power. Each rune was believed to carry cosmic knowledge, a fragment of the universe's hidden order, first revealed when Odin sacrificed himself to Yggdrasil, hanging between life and death to seize wisdom from beyond the veil. More than phonetic marks, runes embodied gods, elemental forces, and spiritual truths, functioning as a living bridge between the material world and the unseen. Even the word rune comes from the Old Norse rún-meaning "secret" or "mystery." Our Rune Editions honor this legacy: books forged not simply to be read, but to be held as vessels of power, knowledge, and myth, carrying stories meant to endure.Presented as a GUNGNIR Rune Edition in a custom magnetic caseGenetic manipulation has poisoned the ecosystem of the earth. Since the Unraveling, no newborn lives past puberty and earth is a warring, wild land.To create the cure, a reclusive madman and his animal army must kill their way west to save a girl that might unlock the door to the future. Bale, heir to the Gencore corporation fortune, has turned his back on both family and company after they caused the collapse of civilization. Now, he lives in a compound with a zoo's worth of half-tame predator animals who are his only friends.When a mysterious woman offers Bale the chance to restore the world by aiding her quest to save the only teenager anyone has seen for a decade, Bale becomes a reluctant savior. He agrees to escort the women, leading a pack of wild beasts on a quest across a dangerous, dystopian America.Will they survive the journey? Is it already too late?

Hardback. Condición: New. Henderson, Scott Ilustrador. GUNGNIR RUNE EDITIONIn Norse mythology, runes are not merely letters-they are sacred, magical symbols drawn from the ancient Germanic alphabets such as the Elder Futhark, used by Vikings for writing, divination, and the public display of power. Each rune was believed to carry cosmic knowledge, a fragment of the universe's hidden order, first revealed when Odin sacrificed himself to Yggdrasil, hanging between life and death to seize wisdom from beyond the veil. More than phonetic marks, runes embodied gods, elemental forces, and spiritual truths, functioning as a living bridge between the material world and the unseen. Even the word rune comes from the Old Norse rún-meaning "secret" or "mystery." Our Rune Editions honor this legacy: books forged not simply to be read, but to be held as vessels of power, knowledge, and myth, carrying stories meant to endure.Presented as a GUNGNIR Rune Edition in a custom magnetic caseGenetic manipulation has poisoned the ecosystem of the earth. Since the Unraveling, no newborn lives past puberty and earth is a warring, wild land.To create the cure, a reclusive madman and his animal army must kill their way west to save a girl that might unlock the door to the future. Bale, heir to the Gencore corporation fortune, has turned his back on both family and company after they caused the collapse of civilization. Now, he lives in a compound with a zoo's worth of half-tame predator animals who are his only friends.When a mysterious woman offers Bale the chance to restore the world by aiding her quest to save the only teenager anyone has seen for a decade, Bale becomes a reluctant savior. He agrees to escort the women, leading a pack of wild beasts on a quest across a dangerous, dystopian America.Will they survive the journey? Is it already too late?

Hardback. Condición: New. Mysterious fires and relentless storms wear down an already dwindling population, but as the fires grow more focused and destructive, a young messenger is compelled to seek out answers that have been hidden from him for twenty years. When I saw the smoke rising again, I knew it was him. Because he always waited for the storm before setting another fire. He wanted us terrified and restless. But he didn't account for our maxim, the three words that made us Galilieans. We endured because of those three words. It was the same reason Raindrop and I always followed the smoke. Despite Luminator Eloanne's warnings, I couldn't let it keep happening. She was still looking for survivors like me-anyone who would bite down on the world and never let go-who would scratch and crawl and dig and hold on, even as it all burned. They were out there. We only had to find them.

Hardback. Condición: New. Wyrm's mother always told him he was special, that he was the World Soul who'd bring peace to the galaxy. But she's babbling now, committed to an asylum, leaving the sickly 10-year-old on a perilous journey to find his father.That father is none other than Anacharsis Stifler, the man who discovered the Plasma in old Earth's ruins, a weapon that's allowed the atheist Archosians to liberate planet after planet from their superstitious beliefs, whether they want to be liberated or not.When Anacharsis returned to Earth to find a cure for his wife, he vanished, setting off not only Wyrm's desperate trek, but an invasion of the fragile world by Archosian High Commander Sebe Mordent, who can't allow anyone else to find whatever secrets remain.Meanwhile, the Pantheon, an uneasy collection of diverse faiths, approach their old foes, the Kundun Slave-kings, in the hope of forming an alliance to stop the atheist expansion. En route, Wyrm is forced to throw in with a manipulative gender-shifting alien, a war criminal, a genocidal female scientist, and the childlike woman Calico.But is Calico harmless, or a visitor from Earth's past sent to judge whether humanity is worth preserving? The Stars Within is a sprawling sci-fi epic, populated with complex, at times flawed, at times heroic, but always real characters.Political intrigue, theological musings, and a tightly-woven action-driven story play out in six intertwining narratives set in a fully realized universe on the verge of mass war.