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Great Sky River
Published 1987 by Bantam Books · 326 pages
Nebula · 1989
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Nebula 19897 finalists
Gregory Benford on these ballots
4 award entries · 4 books · 1 wins · 1978–1989
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Synopsis
On a distant world near the galactic center, the remnants of humanity flee from relentless machine civilizations that hunt them across a blasted landscape. Killeen, leader of a ragged human family, must guide his people to survival while uncovering ancient secrets about humanity's place in a galaxy dominated by vast mechanical intelligences.
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Details
- Series
- Galactic Center Saga · Book 3
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780553052381