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* ''Captain French, or the Quest for Paradise'' (1998; co-authored by Christopher Nicholas Gilmore). While the description of the book claims it's a SpaceOpera, the novel actually lacks certain things one would associate with the genre, not the least one being {{Space Battle}}s. The authors try to be on the harder side of MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness in this novel, despite the presence of interstellar travel. While spacecraft do indeed perform near-instantaneous jumps to other systems, it is most definitely not FasterThanLightTravel, as relativistic effects are present (the jump lasts decades, if not centuries for those planet-bound) and the main effect is key to the story. There is no [[TheFederation Federation]] or an [[TheEmpire Empire]], as the nature of interstellar travel means any sort of interstellar government is impossible. Space travel is a rarity and only done by colonists and space traders, of which the titular protagonist is one. He is the first of only a few hundred space traders and is also the oldest man in the galaxy (he's actually ''only'' 2000, but constant jumps mean he was born 20,000 years ago, Earth time). Breakthroughs in medicine have resulted in a treatment that stops aging in its tracks and is available to most. Much of the book is devoted to expositions either through internal monologues by the protagonist or as conversations with others, especially his new wife. No matter how many planets humans settle, we will never change our ways and are condemned to repeat the same mistakes over and over. The novel pays homage to many great sci-fi novels of the 20th century (e.g. one of the planet visited is a [[SingleBiomePlanet water world]] named {{Solaris}}), and an appendix at the end of the book notes all the references for those who missed them.

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* ''Captain French, or the Quest for Paradise'' (1998; co-authored by Christopher Nicholas Gilmore). While the description of the book claims it's a SpaceOpera, the novel actually lacks certain things one would associate with the genre, not the least one being {{Space Battle}}s. The authors try to be on the harder side of MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness in this novel, despite the presence of interstellar travel. While spacecraft do indeed perform near-instantaneous jumps to other systems, it is most definitely not FasterThanLightTravel, as relativistic effects are present (the jump lasts decades, if not centuries for those planet-bound) and the main effect is key to the story. There is no [[TheFederation Federation]] or an [[TheEmpire Empire]], as the nature of interstellar travel means any sort of interstellar government is impossible. Space travel is a rarity and only done by colonists and space traders, of which the titular protagonist is one. He is the first of only a few hundred space traders and is also the oldest man in the galaxy (he's actually ''only'' 2000, but constant jumps mean he was born 20,000 years ago, Earth time). Breakthroughs in medicine have resulted in a treatment that stops aging in its tracks and is available to most. Much of the book is devoted to expositions either through internal monologues by the protagonist or as conversations with others, especially his new wife. No matter how many planets humans settle, we will never change our ways and are condemned to repeat the same mistakes over and over. The novel pays homage to many great sci-fi novels of the 20th century (e.g. one of the planet visited is a [[SingleBiomePlanet water world]] named Literature/{{Solaris}}), and an appendix at the end of the book notes all the references for those who missed them.

1st Apr '13 6:09:52 AM ChronoLegion

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* ''Atilla'' series (2010-2011). SharedUniverse set in TheTimeOfMyths with the other books written by Grigori Polonsky.
** ''Isle of Dreams''. This story began long before humans came to be. In those foggy times, the continents were not yet divided by seas, the air was thicker, and the Immortal Gods did not shy away from coming down from the heavens to involve themselves in mortal affairs. Atilla is a mighty warrior from the faraway Scythia is ordered by Shaiena, the Mistress of the Isle of Dreams, to journey to the distant northern land called Normmain. It wouldn't be so bad, except he was given a companion on his quest. Not a man but a monstrous giant, created by black magic.
** ''Pulse of the Heavens''. The mighty Scythian warrior Atilla has become a king and has rightly ruled the throne of Aquitania for several years. Life is good, but a powerful magical talisman disappears from the royal treasury. The Heart of Sargon, also known as the Pulse of the Heavens. Now King Atilla must take off his crown, pick up his sword, and, like the good old days, journey to find the missing holy relic.

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8th Jan '13 7:19:06 AM ChronoLegion

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* ''The Chronicles of Jennak'' duology (1997-2007)
** ''The Other Half of the World''. Crown Prince Jennak was born in Eipon, the cradle of humanity, in a great city, where sharp deadly steel swords are forged and proud ships are launched. Imbued with the gift of longevity, the Prince becomes the victim of a treacherous betrayal, loses his loved one, and fights with the warriors of bloodthirsty tribes. His path is made up of difficult trials. Such is the price for the right to be called the Chosen of the Gods.
** ''The Prince of Eternity''. The world of Jennak, the Prince of Odissar and the ruler of Britaya, is similar to Earth, but its human civilization began not on the Mediterranean shores but in Eipon, on the American continents. It is there that the great cities are built on high mounds with roads stretching between them, there that steel swords are forged, cannons are cast, and bird-like ships are launched, there that the people worship the merciful gods. Those gods have made Jennak their Chosen, granting him unnaturally long life. But only after becoming a man does Jennak realize that divine gifts are a heavy burden to bear and impose a great responsibility on him. He, the Chosen One, must save his world from devastating war, false prophecies, and greedy warlords. Fulfiling his purpose, Jennak wanders the world and fights, loves and hates, loses and finds. For the greatest of the finds, the Fifth Tablet of Kinar, he must pay with the blood of his friends.

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