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(4) | None | Starship pilot Terry Radnor's life is transformed by the discovery that he possesses psi powers such as ESP, and that others are working to spread them throughout the worlds of humankind. But this means danger. Most people don't want to know that "paranormal" powers exist; they have a deep innate fear having to admit that their conception of reality is false. And some will go to any lengths to suppress their emergence. A few will even resort to terrorism. Terry vows to defend the world that is spearheading the spread of new human capabilties, a world where for the first time in his life he has found happiness. He has no idea of how far that aim will take him from everything else he cares about--his promising career as a Fleet officer, his wife and soulmate, his unborn child. Torn away against his will, he is forced into exile from all that has previously mattered to him, seeing no chance to fulfill the commitment he has made. Yet a mysterious and extraordinary destiny has been predicted for Terry, and fate leads him to an even stranger one than anybody could have imagined. This is the first book in the Rising Flame series. Although it follows the two books in the Hidden Flame series, Stewards of the Flame and Promise of the Flame, it is an independent story set two hundred years later that doesn't depend on having read them.… (more) |
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What then of the prospects of our evolution? . . . Are we stations on a not yet fully traveled road? Is there reason to hope, as so many have, that great leaps beyond still await us? . . . A growing store of remarkable facts declares the presence of unknown faculties in the species and unknown energies awakening in our midst. There is enough information for speculating on our possible psychic evolution – enough evidence to prove that marvelous breakthroughs are possible. The problem is that we fear breakthrough and are addicted to the known and familiar.
- Michael Grosso, Frontiers of the Soul, 1992 Fate is strange. . . . We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the ned, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It's just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.
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He thought now of Alison as he had not dared to think of her while with her; and he knew that at last he could love again—and that he had come full circle to a life of journeying between the stars. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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The original series title "The Rising Flame" has been changed. "The Captain of Estel" is now the official series title. | |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions Starship pilot Terry Radnor's life is transformed by the discovery that he possesses psi powers such as ESP, and that others are working to spread them throughout the worlds of humankind. But this means danger. Most people don't want to know that "paranormal" powers exist; they have a deep innate fear having to admit that their conception of reality is false. And some will go to any lengths to suppress their emergence. A few will even resort to terrorism. Terry vows to defend the world that is spearheading the spread of new human capabilties, a world where for the first time in his life he has found happiness. He has no idea of how far that aim will take him from everything else he cares about--his promising career as a Fleet officer, his wife and soulmate, his unborn child. Torn away against his will, he is forced into exile from all that has previously mattered to him, seeing no chance to fulfill the commitment he has made. Yet a mysterious and extraordinary destiny has been predicted for Terry, and fate leads him to an even stranger one than anybody could have imagined. This is the first book in the Rising Flame series. Although it follows the two books in the Hidden Flame series, Stewards of the Flame and Promise of the Flame, it is an independent story set two hundred years later that doesn't depend on having read them. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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This series, originally titled the Flame Trilogy, has been split into two series now titled The Founders of Maclairn and The Captain of Estel. This novel is the first book of the second series, which is a separate story that does not depend on having read the first series. Unlike many of the author's novels, these are not Young Adult books and contain some material inappropriate for readers below high school age. | |
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