Stableford, Brian. Dark Ararat.(Emortality series). Tor. 352p. c2002. 0-765-30596-8. $16.95. SA* Hundreds of years and hundreds of light-years from Earth, Matthew Fleury is awakened a·wak·en tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1. [Middle English awakenen, from Old English from cold sleep to help colonize col·o·nize v. col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing, col·o·niz·es v.tr. 1. To form or establish a colony or colonies in. 2. To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony. 3. the new clone-Earth world called Ararat. But something has gone wrong during the long voyage: the recently thawed colonists and the ship-born crew members are at odds, a rebellion is forming, and Matthew is to replace another scientist who was murdered on the surface. Is the murder related to the rebellion, or to the discovery of the remains of a city, which indicates an extinct sentient sentient /sen·ti·ent/ (sen´she-ent) able to feel; sensitive. sen·tient adj. 1. Having sense perception; conscious. 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling. race ... or maybe not so extinct? The murder is incidental in this fifth book in Stableford's future history series, with the interactions of humans with the environment, and humans with each other, as the focus. A spellbinding spell·bind tr.v. spell·bound , spell·bind·ing, spell·binds To hold under or as if under a spell; enchant or fascinate. [Back-formation from spellbound. addition to the series. Deirdre B. Root, Ref. Libn., Middletown P.L., Middletown, OH |
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