In Earth's distant future, Tyndel is both teacher and mentor, a staunch devotee to his conservative and rigidly structured religious culture. Then a rogue infection of nanotechnology transforms him into a "demon," something more than human, and he is forced into exile, fleeing to the more technologically advanced space-faring civilization that lies to the north, one that his own righteous people consider evil. Although shaken by his transformation, he has the rare talent required to become a space pilot. What no one, least of all Tyndel, expects, is his deep-space encounter with a vastly superior being--perhaps with God.
- ISBN10 0812566610
- ISBN13 9780812566611
- Publish Date 15 July 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 May 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tor Books
- Edition 2000th ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 480
- Language English