{"product_id":"the-rapture-effect-9781951612665","title":"The Rapture Effect","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeffrey A. Carver\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Starstream Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Starstream Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Space Opera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar between the stars...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was started and fought by an AI. Few humans even knew there was a war at all. But now people are dying-and the AI wants it to stop. But a war is easier to start than to stop, and the computer can't alter its course without outside help. When the Gnostic Control System searches for co-conspirators, it chooses its friends carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePali: a brooding public relations director.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRamo: a flamboyant senso-dancer, who prefers a musical jamdam to serious conversation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSage: a systems designer for whom the AI rapture-field is realer than life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd three of the alien Ell: Harybdartt, who would rather die with dignity than betray his people; Lingrhetta, who tries to unravel the meaning of human dance and music, pain and love; and Moramaharta, the binder, who must persuade his fellow decision-makers to risk everything for the sake of a fragile bridge of understanding across the stars.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking novel from the award-winning author of Eternity's End and The Chaos Chronicles, and recipient of the Frank Herbert Lifetime Achievement Award for science fiction writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Starstream Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413896093847,"sku":"9781951612665","price":1784.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781951612665.webp?v=1768584761","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rapture-effect-9781951612665","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}