false <![CDATA[Ventus]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174411068m/394024.jpg 394024 5 After terrifying and titanic struggles, a godlike artificial intelligence gone rogue has finally been destroyed. But not before it scattered seeds of itself throughout the galaxy.On the terraformed planet Ventus, benign AIs -- the godlike Winds - which shaped and guarded its transformation, have fallen silent. Calandria May is sent down to the surface where she quickly finds that an extension of the rogue AI, a cyborg called Armiger, has planted a strange and powerful device in a young man named Jordan Mason. Jordan has visions. He is desperate to find their meaning and source -- desperate enough to risk awakening the Winds, perhaps invoking the power that can destroy technology to protect the environment they created. Ventus is an epic journey across a fascinating planet with two big mysteries -- why have the Winds fallen silent? And is Armiger, or Jordan, carrying a Resurrection Seed? 574928 2000 Ventus total:73|5:18|4:32|3:18|2:5|1:0| 73 282 130 17 3 0 false true Sat Dec 27 21:47:18 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 21:47:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 20:27:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 15:13:47 -0700 2009 1
THE WORLD AND TECHNOLOGY. A thousand years ago, nanotechnology seeds were sent to Ventus. That technology transforms the planet so that is habitable, and that technology was intended to make the world a wonderful place for later s...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 15:19:17 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 15:24:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 02 13:52:05 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 15:31:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 23 11:27:48 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 23 11:33:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 07 02:44:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 16:47:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Aug 27 07:55:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 07:55:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 08:06:58 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 00:14:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:50:51 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:54:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 29 06:57:42 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 01 21:13:54 -0700 2008 http://manybooks.net/titles/schroederkother07Ventus.html - very elaborate storyline, probably three times as many characters as I'd like to follow in one tale.]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 22:02:10 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 09:46:57 -0700 2007
I actually read this book in pdf format, which is available for free on the author's Web site: Ventus pdf]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 16 09:01:14 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 28 07:42:54 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 29 14:49:34 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 25 03:41:41 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 22 18:40:34 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 18:41:32 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 03 22:09:54 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 30 20:08:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Apr 08 12:12:27 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 10:59:39 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Aug 22 03:33:03 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 03:33:03 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Nov 26 17:36:57 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 17:37:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 07:02:37 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 07:02:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 13:52:36 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 13:52:36 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=394024