Book description
After roving through space for centuries, a starship unburdens its
cargo of human embryos on a harsh new world. They quickly grow to
maturity in the ship's artificial womb. A lifetime of Earth memories is
programmed into their dreams. But before their indoctrination is
complete, an alien intruder infiltrates and destroys the system and the
reason for the odyssey is never learned. Now, on a verdant island
surrounded by quicksand, Othman, wanderer, dreamer, and self-proclaimed
leader of the Earthling band, builds a mighty bridge to span the ocean
of molten mud that keeps them from the world beyond. He has yet to face
the deadly toll his quest will take on the delicate ecology of the
planet - or the revolt of his beautiful, strong-willed wife, Silandi.
And he has yet to discover the hidden knowledge locked deep within their
hearts. Garry Kilworth (1941 -) Garry Douglas Kilworth was born in
York in 1941 and travelled widely as a child, his father being a
serviceman. After seventeen years in the RAF and eight working for Cable
and Wireless, he attended King's College, London University, where he
obtained an honours degree in English. Garry Kilworth has published
novels under a number of pseudonyms in the fields of Science Fiction,
Fantasy, Historical Fiction and Children's Fiction, winning the British
and World Fantasy Awards and being twice shortlisted for the prestigious
Carnegie Award for Children's Literature.
