The main difference on Rakhat is that the predator cultures are based on biological and genetic sciences. The Jana'ata don't manufacture their tools; they breed Runa. The Runa are their tools. The model for the primordial Jana'ata-Runa ...
What's not to find fascinating about a Jesuit mission to the Planet Rakhat 4.3 light-years from Earth in the Alpha Centauri system? Apparently religious exposition, BUT NOW I am well into the first third of the book, and what started ... Broken into six episodes, Alan boasts a cast of bizarre characters and a plot ripped right out of Stephen King: You are an author, vacationing in a tiny creepy town because you've got a bad case of the Writer's Block, and when your wife ...
