false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233522112m/4556469.jpg 4556469 1 <blockquote> <p> Andrea Cort became a "war criminal" at the age of eight when an unexplained darkness invaded her soul. </p> <p> Now, decades later, the Devil is calling her. </p> </blockquote> <p> Employed by the Diplomatic Corps but secretly aiding the AI masters of the universe, Counselor Andrea Cort despises the powerful Bettelhines—unrepentant death merchants who have prospered from the annihilation of civilizations. Now curiosity compels her to answer a cryptic summons to their home world, where the only law is Bettelhine law. But a murder attempt greets her arrival at Xana's orbital entry port—and far graver peril awaits aboard the elevator transport meant to carry Andrea to the planet's surface. </p> <p> Trapped miles above Xana—surrounded by suspicious Bettelhines, their slavishly loyal retainers . . . and a corpse liquefied by a 15,000-year-old weapon—Andrea must unmask an assassin or die an equally hideous death. But the true reason for her summons—and sordid secrets weaving through her own dark past—threaten to destroy Andrea Cort more completely than the Claw of God. </p> 4605772 1 3 2009 The Third Claw of God total:16|5:4|4:6|3:4|2:1|1:1| 16 59 47 5 3 1 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 15:10:41 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 15:21:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:08:21 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:39:47 -0800 2009
The ideas are what pull you along in this one, much like the first. Some of the characters are interesting, but none are truly compelling, so it's a good thing that the scientific and political concepts being floated are ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 13:51:49 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 13:54:28 -0800 2009 Excellent follow up to Emissaries from the Dead. Even better, more suspenseful than that one with some twists and revelations that are predictable and some that came as a surprise to me.

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