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...AND THE LORD COMMANDED HER TO UNPLUG
For Katya Tatin, a passionate devotee of the Holy Corporation of GenGen, the mission to the recently rediscovered colony of Expatria is much more than a chance to spread the gospel - it offers a break with the past on Earth and a chance to reconfirm her faith.
On Expatria itself, and on the ancient arkships that orbit it, the news of the impending arrival of a mission from Earth further complicates an already murderously complex web of religious and political intrigue. For some, it looks like salvation from a backward-looking, superstition-ridden society; for others, it looks suspiciously like an invasion.
"A first-class novel of character."
- Nexus
"Brilliantly shows a world in which religious belief is used to secular advantage."
- The Times
"It has been several years since a first novel has grabbed me the way Keith Brooke's Keepers of the Peace did."
- Locus
"A significant member of the 'Britpack' group, the generation of writers - also including Iain M Banks, Paul J McAuley, Ian McDonald and Stephen Baxter - who, in the late 80s and early 90s, hauled British SF out of its long post-New Wave slump."
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