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As I said in the reviews of the first books that the series is heavy on theological elements, this book takes the level to a sci-fi adaptation to a prohpet's tale, it is a modern inspiration of a classical tale, and it is a dark future for humanity, when after all the advances in technology and the spread of population over hundreds of worlds, still the greed for power and control over people will propagate into another tech based religious tyranny.
Simply explained, while the story jumps forward almost 300 years from the end of the Pilgrims' journey in book two, we see that during those centuries, after the fall of the Hegemony, there arose a new entity to fill in the power gap across the scattered worlds, the PAX, and this pax is a religiously based entity using the technology of the cruciform to enslave whole worlds into an eternal mass of believers, and just like any fanatic religious system, seeks to eradicate other belief systems that are not fallig in line with their calling.
Then comes the news of a new 'prophet' child, whose existence, if allowed to grow to full womanhood will endanger the PAX, and so, as expected from such a fanatic system, they plot their fastest and deadliest tools to kill this new prophet before she can be of threat to them.
The adventure that follows carries on another chapter in the battle between the core AI and humanity, with an ending that leaves the reader eager to grab the last book rightaway!
MiM
Simply explained, while the story jumps forward almost 300 years from the end of the Pilgrims' journey in book two, we see that during those centuries, after the fall of the Hegemony, there arose a new entity to fill in the power gap across the scattered worlds, the PAX, and this pax is a religiously based entity using the technology of the cruciform to enslave whole worlds into an eternal mass of believers, and just like any fanatic religious system, seeks to eradicate other belief systems that are not fallig in line with their calling.
Then comes the news of a new 'prophet' child, whose existence, if allowed to grow to full womanhood will endanger the PAX, and so, as expected from such a fanatic system, they plot their fastest and deadliest tools to kill this new prophet before she can be of threat to them.
The adventure that follows carries on another chapter in the battle between the core AI and humanity, with an ending that leaves the reader eager to grab the last book rightaway!
MiM
