We the Underpeople
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In a far-flung future, planoforming ships knit together a galaxy ruled from
Earth by the ruthless benevolence of the mysterious Lords of the
Instrumentality, who presided over a utopia without death, danger-or
freedom. The Underpeople, humanlike beings created from animals to do the work
of utopia, had no rights, and could be disposed of at the whim of a human. But
they had become more humanlike than their creators, and their leader, the cat
woman C'Mell, had a plan for gaining their freedom-which made her
much too dangerous a person to be permitted to live. Elsewhere in the galaxy,
the planet Norstrilia had power of its own, for it was the only source of
stroon, the drug which arrested aging and made humans immortal. Its inhabitants
were wealthy beyond comprehension, and one of them, a boy named Rod McBan, with
the help of his computer, had manipulated the galactic economy until he
completely owned the planet Earth-which made him much too dangerous a
person to be permitted to live. But when Rod came to Earth and joined forces
with C'Mell and the Underpeople, the petrified utopia of the
Instrumentality began to crack and fall apart as freedom was reborn in the
galaxy. . . .
Book information
ISBN: | 9781416555674 |
Publisher: | Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. |
Imprint: | Baen |
Pub date: | 14 Aug 2008 |
DEWEY: | 813.54 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 619 |
Weight: | 304g |
Height: | 173mm |
Width: | 103mm |
Spine width: | 34mm |