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Eons ago, a gentle race of giants fled the planet Minerva, leaving the ancestors of man to fend for themselves. Fifty thousand years ago, Minerva exploded, hurling its moon into an orbit about Earth.
In the 21st century, scientists Victor Hunt and Chris Danchekker, doing research on Ganymede, attract a small band of friendly aliens who are lost in time - and who begin to reveal something of the origin of mankind. Finally, man believed that he comprehended his place in the universe...until he learned of the Watchers in the stars. Now Earth finds itself in the middle of a power struggle between a benevolent alien empire and an offshoot group of upstart humans who hate Earth more than any alien ever could.
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- Moore Creative
- 10-08-18
Good science discussions with probable concepts
Although this was written in the 70s, it is filled with small concepts that today still come up in alternate human evolution discussions that range from outlandish concepts to truth that I can imagine will one day be proven and accepted as correct. The story continues the journey and delivers the same thought provoking ideas that were enjoyable in the series.
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- MikeFarr
- 05-25-15
Ideas and visuals in the grand SF tradition.
A fun summer romp. Narration not bad but not great. The main villain was a bit whiny.
The characters were not developed much from the first book but the scope was large.
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- 06-04-16
This is by far the best read ever!
There were many "AhHa" moments in this series. Scientific principals that sound plausible. The reader conveyed the characters with a stunning flow that at times I could visually see the the book in my mind.
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- Dean Petersen
- 12-08-21
fantastic series
I'm finding out that there's a lot of great books in the included section and this I give a 9 out of 10.
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- Paul
- 08-16-21
real scifi
so many ideas. he gets so many things about the future right. why had I never heard of this series before?
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- GDP
- 03-25-22
Great story
I really enjoyed this series. From the very start it had me it was a classic sci-fi story like I remember when I was a kid.
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- Matthew Shozda
- 09-15-22
Classic sci-fi
Good wrap up if a classic sci-fi series. Paradoxically, it’s also an interesting insight into the culture and society of fifty years ago.
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- Peter Albert
- 03-03-23
Overall, a good ending to the trilogy
All in all, I enjoyed the entire series. A decent story. With this third and final book, near the middle, there is a lot of talk about genetics. That seem to get a little too scientific and was difficult for me to follow. But I slog through that portion And the rest of it was decent.
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- Rob Toonen
- 12-19-24
A fine conclusion
This last book in the trilogy wasn’t as engaging as the first two. It comes with enough answers but less mysteries and more politics. It is a satisfying conclusion of the trilogy, which I enjoyed immensely. The narration was -like the first two books- very good. Recommended for fans of this genre.
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- Cole MacGrath
- 10-25-20
More action than the previous books
This book had more action than the previous two, which sounded like a lecture on theoretical science. That being said, it never felt like the characters were ever in any kind of danger and everything felt pretty one-sided. I won't be reading the final two books in this series.
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