Treason
By Orson Scott Card
(Orb Books, Paperback, 9780765309044, 288pp.)
Publication Date: January 24, 2006
Categories: Science Fiction - General
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Lanik Mueller's birthright as heir to planet Treason's most powerful rulership will never be realized. He is a "rad" -- radical regenerative. A freak among people who can regenerate injured flesh... and trade extra body parts to the Offworld oppressors for iron. For, on a planet without hard metals -- or the means of escape -- iron is power in the race to build a spacecraft.
Iron is the promise of freedom -- which may never be fulfilled as Lanik uncovers a treacherous conspiracy beyond his imagination.
Now charged with a mission of conquest -- and exile -- Lanik devises a bold and dangerous plan... a quest that may finally break the vicious chain of rivalry and bloodshed that enslaves the people of Treason as the Offworld never could.
ORSON SCOTT CARD is the author of the bestselling science fiction classic Ender's Game, as well as many other novels, books of poetry, plays, and scripts. He currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife and their youngest daughter.
"Card provides a colorful dramatization of ethical issues and questions of identity against a backdrop of bizarrely fascinating races."--Publishers Weekly on Treason "This exemplifies Card's talent for creating disturbingly compelling, beautifully written stories."--Library Journal on Treason
"This exemplifies Card''s talent for creating disturbingly compelling, beautifully written stories."
"Card provides a colorful dramatization of ethical issues and questions of identity against a backdrop of bizarrely fascinating races."
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