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Immortal, unchanging, the eternal survivor, Nathan Brazil had tired of his long duty as the guardian of the Well World and had enlisted Mavra Chang, space pilot and adventurer, as his companion and equal, sharing with her the godlike power to control the universe's destiny. Now the Well World is changing, and Brazil and Chang have drifted apart . . . but they must work together one more time to stop a new threat to the Well World -- the greatest threat of all . . . .Tags
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As with Echoes, the re-read was better...bumping the rating from three to four stars. As another review said, like most middle novel in a trilogy, this is a bridge, but he dd a good job with it.
Great book
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Jack L. Chalker was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 17, 1944. He received a B. A. degree in English from Towson University and a graduate degree in English and history from Johns Hopkins University. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1978, he taught history and geography in the Baltimore public school system. He founded a publishing show more house, The Mirage Press, Ltd., which produces nonfiction and bibliographic works on science fiction and fantasy. He was the author of several science fiction series including the Well World series, the Dancing Gods series, and the G. O. D. Inc. series. He received numerous honors including the Dedalus Award in 1983, the Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books award in 1984, the Skylark Award in 1980, and the Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award in 1979. He died of kidney failure and sepsis on February 11, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Shadow of the Well of Souls
- Original publication date
- 1994-02 (first US edition) (first US edition)
- Dedication
- For Fritz Leiber,
who enjoyed the original Well saga,
but left us before this one was done, and
likewise for my old friend Reg Bretnor,
also gone too soon, my writing opposite of sorts,
who packed more laughs i... (show all)nto fewer words than
any science-fiction writer in history.
The worst thing about growing old
is the increasing number of missing,
and missed, friends. - First words
- The Kraang had good reason to be complacent.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But after four billion years of meaningless existence drifting to and from among the stars, finding even vast blocks of time meaningless, it wasn't used to thinking that time, any time, was quickly running out.
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