Book description
With his astonishing future vision, Howard V. Hendrix has emerged as
one of the new masters of science fiction, drawing extraordinary praise
for his debut novel,
Lightpaths
, "a taut...space-age slice of life" ( Publishers Weekly
), and its "brilliant" (Locus
) follow-up, Standing Wave
.
Now Hendrix meshes virtual reality, deep-space exploration, and
human nature in a novel starkly breathtaking in its portrayal of the
quest for meaning against a backdrop of scientific and spiritual
chaos. Spanning the first part of the twenty-first century, Better
Angels revolves around the mystery of an ancient, alien artifact
resembling an angel's shoulder blade, and the transcendent effect it
has on five people, whose lives and relationships lead to--and are
forever altered by--its discovery.
A novel of unparalleled brilliance from the author leading the way
into the new millennium. Kim Stanley Robinson has named Howard V.
Hendrix as "One of the very best of the new science fiction
writers."
