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In the barren landscape of the late Cambrian period, a penal colony sits high above the ocean on the east coast of what would become the United States. The men-political prisoners-have been sent from the twenty-first century on a one-way ticket to a lifetime of exile. Their lonely existence has taken its toll . . .
Jim Barrett was once the physically imposing leader of an underground movement dedicated to toppling America's totalitarian government. Now he is nothing but a crippled old man, the camp's de facto ruler due to his seniority. His mind is still sharp, having yet to succumb to the psychosis that claims more and more men each day. So when a new prisoner is transported to the colony-a startlingly young and suspiciously apolitical man-Barrett's instincts go on high alert.
As Barrett reminisces about his revolutionary past, he uncovers the new prisoner's secrets-and faces a shocking revelation that thrusts him into a future he never dreamed possible . . .
Jim Barrett was once the physically imposing leader of an underground movement dedicated to toppling America's totalitarian government. Now he is nothing but a crippled old man, the camp's de facto ruler due to his seniority. His mind is still sharp, having yet to succumb to the psychosis that claims more and more men each day. So when a new prisoner is transported to the colony-a startlingly young and suspiciously apolitical man-Barrett's instincts go on high alert.
As Barrett reminisces about his revolutionary past, he uncovers the new prisoner's secrets-and faces a shocking revelation that thrusts him into a future he never dreamed possible . . .
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"Nightwings is Robert Silverberg at the top of his form, and when Silverberg is at the top of his form, no one is better. A haunting, evocative look at a crumbling Earth of the far future and a human race struggling to survive amidst the ruins, full of memorable characters and images that will long linger in your memory, this is one of the enduring classics of science fiction."
George R. R. Martin
"No matter if Silverberg is dealing with material that is practically straight fiction, or going way into the future . . . his is the hand of a master of his craft and imagination."
Los Angeles Times
"The John Updike of science fiction."
The New York Times Book Review