Singularity's Ring

Paul Melko

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Apollo Papadopulos is in training to become the captain of the starship Consensus. Apollo is unique in that he/she/it is not an individual at all, but five separate teenagers that form a whole new entity.  Strom, Meda, Quant, Manuel, Moira are a pod, as these kinds of personalities are called, genetically engineered to work and think as one and to be able to communicate non-verbally. As a rare quintet, much relies on the successful training of Apollo.  But, as the pod’s training progresses and more and more potentially lethal accidents occur, the pod members become fugitives on Earth, struggling just to survive.

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Chapter 1
I am strength.
I am not smart, that is Moira. I cannot articulate, like Meda. I do not understand the math that Quant does, and I cannot move my hands like Manuel.
If to anyone, you would think I am closest to Manuel; his abilities are in his hands, in his dexterity. But his mind is jagged sharp; he remembers things and knows them for us. Trivial information that he spins into memory.
No, I am closest to Moira. Perhaps because she is everything I am not. She is as beautiful as Meda, I think.

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“[A] very nicely crafted and intelligent novel…it's no mean feat to build a five-sided hero and put "him" through some thrilling adventures, as Melko cleverly does here.”
--SciFi Weekly

“Melko is clearly an up-and-comer, and this is a distinctive debut.”
--Kirkus Reviews

“Melko’s skill in story and setting is undeniable….There’s more than enough invention and imaginative courage here to suggest that Melko may be at the beginning of an auspicious career.”
--Locus

"Bursts forth like a new universe exploding into being."
--Robert J. Sawyer, author of Rollback

“An absorbing tour of a world where humanity isn't what it used to be.”
--Charles Stross, author of Halting State

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Paul Melko lives in Ohio.  This is his first novel.

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Singularity's Ring
Paul Melko

Mass Market Paperbound

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Science Fiction
April 2009
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780765357021
ISBN10: 076535702X
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 336 pages
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Tom Doherty Associates
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February 2008
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ISBN: 9780765317773
ISBN10: 076531777X
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