Sequel to 'Paradox' and second in the Nulapeiron Sequence.
Nulapeiron: a planet isolated for twelve centuries. Its inhabitants occupy subterranean strata, ruled by a logosophically trained aristocracy whose power base is upheld by Oracles. But now revolution has touched its many cultures - failing in its intent yet changing everything.
And Lord Tom Corcorigan - the legendary one-armed warrior, one- time revolutionary and would-be peacemaker, the commoner-turned- noble, the poet, logosopher and holder of the key to understanding mu-space - lies fatally wounded. His survival hangs in the balance, dependent on his confrontation with a mysterious Seer who possesses transcendent space-time-warping talents. However, Tom must pay a bitter price for his life. Can the woman he loves truly be dead, or can quantum mysteries lie beyond the grave?
Turning his back on a society sliding once more into anarchy, a disillusioned and despairing Tom wanders this strange, stratified world in search of meaning, lost love and his own salvation. But destiny beckons: a terrifying, insidious enemy whose origins lie beyond this world, beyond their understanding, threatens Nulapeiron. Now, it seems, is the time for legends to be reborn . . .
The second book in John Meaney's pioneering Nulapeiron Sequence, 'Context' is a thrilling, daring and complex novel that confirms its author as one of British science fiction's most original and exciting practitioners.
