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Everfree (Hardcover)

by Nick Sagan (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group (18 May 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0399152768
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399152764
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 406,659 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A small group of humans has survived the apocalyptic epidemic called Black Ep that ravaged the world. These survivors start to wake others who'd been cryogenically preserved to await a future when the disease might be cured. At first, everyone agrees on the basic principles of this new world - how lucky they are to have survived, how they're all in this together, how they should look out for each other, learn from the past and build a better world...But inevitably, as more sleepers are roused, there are some who disagree. People who have knowledge of power are waking up to a new world, and they do not intend to wait politely in line. But as this new utopian starts to fracture, one more surprise lies in wait for the survivors. It comes from a very very long way away indeed - and its impact is such that it will transform the future for everyone in this post-plague, perhaps even post-human, world... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The concluding novel in Nick Sagan's critically acclaimed post-apocalyptic Idlewild trilogy. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Everfree - Review by BookLore.co.uk, 9 Jul 2006
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Everfree is set some time after the events of Edenborn. The remaining posthumans have finally found a cure for Black Ep and have set about reviving cryogenically stored survivors to try and rebuild the human race. The posthuman ideology is for a world of equality, where everyone does their share of the work and contributes to society. Alternatives are available but require hard work, something many of the resurrected are not comfortable with.

The problem stems from the fact that nearly all the revived are the wealthy, overindulged `upper' class of society that could afford the cryogenic process during the last days of Black Ep. While the posthumans are trying to establish their ideas on the best way forward other factions exist with the goal of imposing their own preferred ideologies... of being the rulers rather than the ruled.

A sort of control is maintained by keeping secret the means of beating Black Ep and ensuring the posthumans are the only ones that can revive survivors; an `if you help out we will bring back your nearest and dearest' scenario. Since the governments and rich of the time also had secret armies frozen, waiting to be revived to take control of whatever world was left behind, the secret is something many of the new elite want desperately. With the knowledge of the revival technique they could rule the world. What ensues is good old human greed overruling reason and common sense.

The characters from the previous two books have matured considerably, even Halloween buying in to the new world order to a degree. He is in charge of security and most of the story is told from his perspective as all the good work unravels with plot and counter plot.

The main thing I took away from this book, as I'm sure Nick Sagan intended, is the inevitability of mankind's self destructive urges. Here we have a bare handful of survivors, which against all the odds have been given a chance at life and a fresh start to society. What do they do? Manipulate the situation, regardless of cost, to their own selfish ends... and start a war.

Mankind is a predatory species bent on self destruction. Regardless of cost we pursue our own agenda without thought for those around us. Can mankind survive itself? This is the question I think Everfree asks... the answer you may not like but deep down you already know.

Everfree is a great story that nicely rounds off an amazing trilogy; although there is the possibility, at the very end, for a further instalment... we will have to wait and see.

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