Far-Seer

Book One of the Quintaglio Ascension

The Quintaglio Trilogy (Volume 1 of 3)

Robert J. Sawyer

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The Face of God is what every young saurian learns to call the immense, glowing object which fills the night sky on the far side of the world. Young Afsan is privileged, called to the distant Capital City to apprentice with Saleed the court astrologer. Buth when the time comes for Afsan to make his coming-of-age pilgrimage, to gaze upon the Face of God, his world is changed forever- for what he sees will test his faith... and may save his world from disaster!

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Chapter 1
 
 
Afsan often escaped to this place. He remembered the first time he had run up this hillside, half a kiloday ago, after his original encounter with the formidable Tak-Saleed.
Formidable? Afsan clicked his teeth in humor, figuring that the choice of adjective was a sign that he must be getting accustomed to all this. Back then, after his introduction to the master astrologer, the word he’d used was “monstrous.”
That first time he’d run up here his only thought had been to get out of the city, get back to his distant home Pack of Carno, back to the simple

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Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer is the Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids, the Nebula Award-winning author of The Terminal Experiment, and the Aurora Award-winning author of FlashForward, basis for the ABC TV series. He is also the author of Calculating God, Mindscan, the WWW series—Wake, Watch and Wonder—and many other books. He was born in Ottawa and lives in Toronto.

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Far-Seer
Book One of the Quintaglio Ascension
The Quintaglio Trilogy (Volume 1 of 3)
Robert J. Sawyer

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
May 2004
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ISBN: 9780765309747
ISBN10: 0765309742
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 320 pages
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