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Olmy Ap Sennon has been sent to secretly assess the extent of the damage. There are only a few of these “ecos” on Lamarkia, and the effect of human interaction on them is unknown. A single genetic entity can take many forms, and span a continent. In some ways Lamarkia is very Earth-like–but its biology is extraordinary.
Now the rulers of Axis City have discovered that a huge group of colonists has secretly entered one of the interdicted worlds along the Way. From there the Flagships ride the center of the Way, traveling to other worlds and times. The entrance is through the hollow asteroid Thistledown and the space station Axis City that sits at the asteroid’s center. The Way is a tunnel through space and time. Investigating an illegal opening in the Milky Way, Olmy discovers a strange new world. Set in the same universe as the author’s bestselling Eon and Eternity, this novel tells the story of Olmy, well-known to readers of the earlier books.
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