Caliphate.Caliphate caliphate (kăl`ĭfāt', -fĭt), the rulership of Islam; caliph (kăl`ĭf'), the spiritual head and temporal ruler of the Islamic state. Tom Kratman Tom Kratman is an American science fiction author specializing in the subgenre of military science fiction. He is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant-colonel, and a former attorney. His works are published by Baen. Baen Books Box 1043, Riverdale, NY 10471 1416555455, $24.00 www.baen.com It's the 22nd century, and Europe has bee turned over to Moslems, atheism atheism (ā`thē-ĭz'əm), denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism, which holds that the existence cannot be proved. has been exterminated, homosexuals are killed, and Christians are a second class citizen denied many rights. Petra, a German girl, is sold into slavery slavery, institution based on a relationship of dominance and submission, whereby one person owns another and can exact from that person labor or other services. in this world; but unlike most girls she can read and learns from her grandmother's diary of a magic place across the sea: America. Her struggle to find freedom makes for a fast-paced, involving story perfect for science fiction collections. |
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