Dark Legacies

The world ended-twice. Only Esther, the Eternal One, saw it all happen. As head of the powerful Revenant Sisterhood, she shepherds humanity from Cathedral, the Last City. Except Cathedral isn't the last city, and her sisterhood's power is far from holy.It's the year 2500, give or take. The passage of time has become as blurry as the gray wastes that cover most of North America. No moon or stars light the night, and demonic hordes smash against the last outposts of civilization.Two reborn nations vie for humanity's future. In the west, Cathedral unleashes its God-engines-ancient walking war machines-in a final bid to cleanse the earth. In the east, the struggling city-state of Bastion turns to the last living AI for salvation. Between them, a tribe of technological scavengers unwittingly holds the balance of power.Hell is on the horizon. Who will survive?--For fans of Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos, Dune, and other classic metaphysical science fiction.This compelling trilogy explores questions of family, faith, and the human condition on the backdrop of a dark post-apocalyptic future.

"The mountains became plains, and the seas boiled into deserts."So went the earth.First came the World War, humanity's suicide. Then came the War against Hell, humanity's redemption. Esther, the Eternal One, led the way from darkness to light. A new order, by her will.So went civilization.For a time. But as history fades and the Eternal One's yoke tightens, man turns upon man once more. Ancient dreams of independence rise in Cathedral's shadow. Bastion's vengeance awakens. War beckons.And Hell is watching.--For fans of Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos, Dune, and other classic metaphysical science fiction.This compelling trilogy explores questions of family, faith, and the human condition on the backdrop of a dark post-apocalyptic future.

The dramatic conclusion to the Hand of God trilogy.Bless the Eternal One!Or suffer her wrath. God-engines close in on the Union, pushing them back to the brink of savagery. A secret convoy heads north to get help from an old clan, but they have to cross Hell to get there.The Hellmouth opens.Spilling forth its legions. From west to east, no one is safe. But as civil war pits hammer against shield in Bastion, no one is watching."What are you going to do?""Rescue my daughter."Meanwhile, two unlikely companions race through it all to save their children from a war no one can win.Who will usher in the World to Come?--For fans of Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos, Dune, and other classic metaphysical science fiction.