The complex religious landscape of Robert Charles Wilson's Julian Comstock

Destined to be remembered as one of this year's best SF novels, Robert Charles Wilson's Julian Comstock is the compelling tale of rebellion against tyranny, both political and religious. The eponymous hero is a nephew of Deklan Comstock, a tyrannical dynastic president living under self-imposed exile for fear of his uncle's paranoid tendency to execute those who might threaten his power. Julian has little interest in political power—he's far more interested in science and the arts, his life goa