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The Hermetic Millennia

Published
Dec 2012
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Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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400

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Continuing from Count to a Trillion, Menelaus Illation Montrose—Texas gunslinger, idealist, and posthuman genius—has gone into cryo-suspension following the discovery that, in 8,000 years, a powerful alien intelligence will reach Earth to assess humanity's value as slaves. Montrose intends to be alive to meet that threat, but he is awakened repeatedly throughout the centuries to confront the woes of an ever-changing and violent world, witnessing millennia of change compressed into a few years of subjective time. The result is a breathtaking vision of future history like nothing before imagined: sweeping, tumultuous, and evermore alien, as Montrose's immortal enemies and former shipmates from the starship Hermetic harness the forces of evolution and social engineering to continuously reshape the Earth in their image, seeking to create a version of man the approaching slavers will find worthy.

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Nov 2013 Tor ISBN 0765338084
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First Edition Dec 2012 Tor ISBN 076532928X
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Dec 2012 Tor ISBN 1429948302
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Dec 2012 Tor ISBN B008EXGFJ0
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