false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574220m/6048478.jpg 6048478 2 <DIV><P>Now the battle for the soul of the planet Safehold has begun.<BR><BR>The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together, pledged to stand against the tyranny of a corrupt Church. The youthful Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed King Cayleb of Charis, forging a single dynasty, a single empire, dedicated to the defense of human freedom. Crowned Empress of that empire, Sharleyan has found in Cayleb’s arms the love she never dared hope for in a “marriage of state.” In Cayleb’s cause, his defiance of the ruthless Group of Four who govern mother Church, she has found the task to which she can commit her mind and her courage. It is a cause for which she was born. <BR><BR>Yet there are things Sharleyan still does not know. Secrets Cayleb has not been permitted to share, even with her. Secrets like the true story of humanity on Safehold. Like the intricate web of lies, deception, and fabricated “religion” which have chained humanity for almost a thousand years. Like the existence of the genocidal alien Gbaba, waiting to complete mankind’s destruction should humans ever attract their attention once more. Like the existence of a young woman, Nimue Alban, nine hundred years dead, whose heart, mind, and memories live on within the android body of the warrior-monk she knows as Merlin.<BR><BR>And so Empress Sharleyan faces the the great challenge of her life unaware of all that task truly entails...or of how the secrets the man who loves her cannot share may threaten all they have achieved between them...and her own life.<B></B></P></DIV> 6224093 21 7 2009 By Heresies Distressed (Safehold, #3) total:99|5:30|4:34|3:30|2:3|1:2| 99 384 149 21 5 1 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:34:05 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:20:25 -0700 2009 My most expected sf release of 2009 until the fall at least, BHD is a direct continuation of BSRA and sets up what should be a cracker in book 4. However as opposed to book 2 which was just full of jaw-dropping moments, this one has just hints of such to come.

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I'm quite sure that any resonances between the 'godly" here and modern politics are completely accidental.

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By this, I mean that the protagonists are all super-capable, super-smart, super-awesome, super-skilled, and even when they make mistakes, still super-successful.

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Alternate history with a touch of sci-fi sets the background for the equivalent of a 16th century setting featuring a war against the common church of humanity.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 13 12:21:55 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 12:24:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 17:41:28 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 17:44:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:27:18 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:28:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 16:36:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 18:12:19 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Aug 18 04:09:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 04:10:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 14:36:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 11:28:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:05:42 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:08:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 08:06:22 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 10:26:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:53:53 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 20:56:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 11:31:49 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 09:36:41 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6048478