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Product Identifiers

PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co

ISBN-10076535702X

ISBN-139780765357021

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038801218

Product Key Features

Book TitleSingularity's Ring

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicScience Fiction / Space Opera, Science Fiction / Genetic Engineering, Science Fiction / General

GenreFiction

AuthorPaul Melko

FormatUk- a Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight5.6 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

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Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisApollo Papadopulos is in training to become the captain of the starship Consensus . Apollo is unique in that he/she/it is not an individual at all, but five separate teenagers that form a whole new entity. Strom, Meda, Quant, Manuel, Moira are a pod, as these kinds of personalities are called, genetically engineered to work and think as one and to be able to communicate non-verbally. As a rare quintet, much relies on the successful training of Apollo. But, as the pod's training progresses and more and more potentially lethal accidents occur, the pod members become fugitives on Earth, struggling just to survive., An exciting new voice in science fiction makes his debut with this novel about what happens after 90 percent of humanity leaves Earth, and the remaining humans recover from this trauma with a vigorous space program.

LC Classification NumberPS3613.E4465