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With his astonishing future vision, Howard V. Hendrix has emerged as one of the new masters of science fiction, drawing extraordinary praise from his debut novel Lightpaths and the follow-up, Standing Wave. Now he meshes virtual reality, deep-space exploration, and human nature in a novel starkly breathtaking in its portrayal of the quest for meaning, against a backdrop of scientific and spiritual chaos.
During the first, turbulent decades of the twenty-first century, an artifact that resembles an angel's shoulder blade is unearthed from California's La Brea tar pit, a startling discovery that will forever alter the lives of five people-and send them reeling toward one blinding moment of transcendental light.
About the author
Howard V. Hendrix has been nominated for the Nebula Award and the Pushcart Prize for his short fiction.
The New York Review of Science Fiction has called him "brilliant." Now Howard V. Hendrix unleashes his imagination to create an unforgettable first novel that melds the heart and soul of hard science fiction with the twisting consciousness of virtual reality. The result is nothing short of extraordinary.
