- Mass Market Paperback: 418 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey Books; First Printing edition (Aug 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345362497
- ISBN-13: 978-0345362490
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,207,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"FASCINATING . . . May has cemented her position as one of this generation's foremost storytellers. . . .This satisfying end to a remarkable feat of the imagination is a necessary purchase."
--Library Journal
By the mid-twenty-first century, humanity is beginning to enjoy membership in the Galactic Milieu. Human colonies are thriving on numerous planets, life on Earth is peaceful and prosperous, and as more humans are being born with metapsychic abilities, it will not be long before these gifted minds at last achieve total Unity.
But xenophobia is deeply rooted in the human soul. A growing corps of rebels plots to keep the people of Earth forever separate, led by a man obsessed with human superiority: Marc Remillard. Marc's goal is nothing less than the elevation of human metapsychics above all others, by way of artificial enhancement of mental faculties. His methods are unpalatable, his goal horrific. And so Marc and his coconspirators continue their work in secret.
Only the very Unity he fears and abhors can foil Marc's plans. And only his brother, Jack the Bodiless, and the young woman called Diamond Mask can hope to lead the metaconcert to destroy Marc, Unify humanity, and pave the way for the Golden Age of the Galactic Milieu to begin . . .
"A CERTAIN CROWD-PLEASER."
--Kirkus Reviews
--Library Journal
By the mid-twenty-first century, humanity is beginning to enjoy membership in the Galactic Milieu. Human colonies are thriving on numerous planets, life on Earth is peaceful and prosperous, and as more humans are being born with metapsychic abilities, it will not be long before these gifted minds at last achieve total Unity.
But xenophobia is deeply rooted in the human soul. A growing corps of rebels plots to keep the people of Earth forever separate, led by a man obsessed with human superiority: Marc Remillard. Marc's goal is nothing less than the elevation of human metapsychics above all others, by way of artificial enhancement of mental faculties. His methods are unpalatable, his goal horrific. And so Marc and his coconspirators continue their work in secret.
Only the very Unity he fears and abhors can foil Marc's plans. And only his brother, Jack the Bodiless, and the young woman called Diamond Mask can hope to lead the metaconcert to destroy Marc, Unify humanity, and pave the way for the Golden Age of the Galactic Milieu to begin . . .
"A CERTAIN CROWD-PLEASER."
--Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Julian May published her first story — the sf classic ‘Dune Roller’ — in the 1950s, and then wrote non-fiction and children’s books for many years before the phenomenally successful ‘Saga of the Exiles’. Prolific, thoughtful and ever imaginative, her novels have been published for years to wide acclaim around the world. She lives in Seattle.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Where to start? May has done herself proud here, with a fine conclusion to a saga that I spent a long time wishing wouldn't end, and an equal amount of time begging bookshop owners to "give me the book I know it's here somewhere!"
The plot is still wonderfully crafted around Marc and his...coterie, seen as a retrospective through the memoirs of Uncle Rogi. Knowing (if you've read the Exiles Saga) what happens, though not the mechanics of it, makes the end all the more poignant.
The imagery conjured up is, as usual, superb...you can almost see Marc's CE Rig, and he is, without doubt, Abbadon, the angel of the abyss. Beyond that we have the (rather subtle) Miltonian symbology..a sympathetic Lucifer figure? Heh.
The only gripe is that the conclusion was just not suitably..apocalyptic, given what it was meant to symbolise, for both sides. Ah well.
In all other respects, a fine book and a great conclusion to a fabulous trilogy of books. Now go and buy the others (esp Intervention!) if you haven't already.
I'm off to the Metaphysic Congress, looking for a boy with piercing Coercer eyes...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A well written and intelligent science fiction book. Book 3 in the trilogy of the Galactic Milieu, centred around the Remillard family who have the strongest supernatural powers of all humans. You have to Read Jack The Bodiless and Diamond Mask before this one.
Magnificat is Marc Remillard who appeared in the Saga of the Exiles. This book details the culmination of the Metapsychic rebellion with Marc and his younger brother Jack on opposing sides, with earth shattering consequences.
This trilogy has lots of links to the Saga of the Exiles which you could read before or after this Trilogy, but best to read Intervention before this Trilogy as that introduces you to the Remillard family and the origins of Psychic abilities in humans.
This is still one of the best books I have read.
Magnificat is Marc Remillard who appeared in the Saga of the Exiles. This book details the culmination of the Metapsychic rebellion with Marc and his younger brother Jack on opposing sides, with earth shattering consequences.
This trilogy has lots of links to the Saga of the Exiles which you could read before or after this Trilogy, but best to read Intervention before this Trilogy as that introduces you to the Remillard family and the origins of Psychic abilities in humans.
This is still one of the best books I have read.
Format:Paperback
This, along with the other novels of the saga have been read and reread many times, truly my favourite saga.
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another brilliant book
The final volume in the amazing and totally gripping Galactic Milieu series - and neatly leading back into an essential re-read of the Saga of the Exiles trilogy ... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by nogginthenog
A very disapointing end to a classic series of novels.
After crafting an intelligent and gripping environment with the preceding and subsequent volumes the author seems to have lost inertia during the second half of this offering. Read more
Published on 2 April 2000 by mark@realholidaysguide.com
A good conclusion of the Galactic Milieu
A fine conclusion of the story which began with Intervention. Especially Rogatien's family story is excellent. Read more
Published on 23 July 1999
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