Context

by John Meaney

Book Overview

Nulapeiron: a world isolated for twelve centuries. Its billions of inhabitants occupy subterranean strata, ruled by a trained aristocracy of lords and ladies whose power base is upheld by oracles. But... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593047354
• ISBN13: 9780593047354
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 439 Pages

Customer Reviews

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Tom is now Lord Tom, and doing the whole rise and fall thing ends up seriously hurt, and having to involve himself with those annoying future predicting seer people again. He wants to turn the use of these Oracles to his own ends, and to help the underprivileged, basically. He also wants to get his woman back, or see if she is not dead, anyway.

The sequel to PARADOX finally arrives!

Nulapeiron is a world which has been isolated for twelve centuries, which occupies a subterranean strata ruled by an aristocracy - until revolution within the ranks changes everything. Now the new Lord Tom Corcorigan, a commoner-turned-noble who renounced his powers, is wounded and must meet with a mysterious Seer who might save him. CONTEXT is a sequel to PARADOX and the second book in the Nulapeiron Sequence: familiarity with PARADOX is recommended for an easier introduction to the complex world receiving ongoing drama in CONTEXT.