The Legend That Was Earth
EARTH
FIRST!
TERRA FOR TERRANS
!
Theyve
eased our problems. Theyve raised our standards of living. Their
science has shown us that everything we though we knew about the
universe was wrong. And now the alien Hyadeans high-tech gifts and
their flair for social order promise to make a paradise of planet Earth.
To
us, the Hyadeans seem a model of efficiency and clear thinking. But in
Hyadean eyes, Earths culture wallows in imagination and dreams,
artforms and concepts which would never have occurred to a citizen of
their world. To some of the aliens, this demonstrates Earths
backwardness; others are increasingly fascinated by us.
But
when a political assassination plunges his life into chaos, wealthy
socialite and Fixer Roland Cade discovers the dark underbelly of
the alien presence. Our government obeys them. Our economy serves their
wealthy masters. And the CounterAction terrorists on the news are
truly fighting for freedom for Terrans and Hyadeans alikeand one of
them is his ex-wife.
Soon
Cade is caught up in a terrifying adventure that will take him around
the globe, and a conflict that will threaten to destroy the world as it
turns American against Americanand Hyadean against Hyadean. Cade will
find friends in unexpected places, among the agents of CounterAction,
and among the aliens themselves. But he will also face deadly enemies
closer than the ever could have feared. . . .
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
James
P. Hogan is a science fiction writer in the grand tradition, combining
informed and accurate speculation from the cutting edge of science and
technology with suspenseful story-telling and living, breathing
characters.
Born in London in 1941, he worked as an aeronautical engineer specializing in electronics and digital systems, and for several major computer firms
before turning to writing full-time in 1979. His first novel was greeted by Isaac Asimov with the rave, Pure science fiction . . . Arthur
Clarke, move over! and his subsequent work quickly consolidated his
reputation as a major SF author. He has written over a dozen novels
including Paths to Otherwhere and Bug Park (both Baen), the Giants series (Del Rey), the New York Times bestsellers The
Proteus Operation and Endgame Enigma and the Prometheus
Award Winner The Multiplex Man (all available from Baen). Hogan currently
splits his time between residences in Ireland and Florida.
More
information about James Hogan and his work is available from his website
at http://www.global.org/jphogan
Cover painting by Dru Blair
Cover design by Carol Russo Design
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