Star Fraction (1995)

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A re-release of the first half of a series set in a world of intelligent weapons, theologically correct software, and the colonization of other planets finds the human race struggling to recover from past betrayals that are threatening civilization, an effort that is challenged by new understanding about death.

ISBN:: 9780765320681
Length:: 379 pages

Genres: science fiction

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