The Braided World (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Braided World Saturday, August 1 2009.

• “Come find what you have lost...” Heeding this cryptic message from deep space, the crew of the starship Restoration journeys from Earth to a distant planet, hoping to find humanity’s lost genetic diversity. But with the human race on the verge of extinction from the twin horrors of plague and a mysterious scourge of dark matter, how can an alien world harbor any remedies for Earth’s declining populations? Worse, the Restoration arrives depleted: its captain is dead, its crew demoralized--except for an indomitable old woman whose power and wealth give her the privilege of naming the new captain. Anton Prados, a young, untested officer, will now preside over humanity’s first contact with an alien race. An alien race that, improbably, looks exactly like humans. Only, the Dassa possess highly unusual breeding habits--and a reproductive process that seems to be the nullification of all that is human. And they think much the same about humanity…

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Braided World Saturday, August 1 2009.

• Added a contributor: Kay Kenyon: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Kay Kenyon: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Braided World Friday, July 17 2009.

• Deep in the night, the river flowed: a black, hot flood, here in this drowned world.