Everfree
Everfree We walked through Victory City at dusk with the moon already high in the sky, and we could feel everything she’d built quietly collapsing. The peace she’d worked for was over. We knew. We walked and we knew.
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As Everfree opens, a small group of “posthumans” has survived the apocalyptic epidemic called Black Ep, a disease that ravaged the world, leaving them in sole possession of the Earth. They are now in the process of waking thousands of men, women and children from cryonic stasis. The posthumans believe in a collective society, and are encouraging the newly thawed to embrace The Doctrine: We’re all in this together. Let’s look out for each other, share the dirty work, give the needy what they need.
Inevitably, though, as more survivors are roused from their frozen sleep, there are those who disagree. People who remember power are waking up to a new world, and they do not intend to wait their turn. This begins Sagan’s poignant story about the loss of innocence and the struggle to save civilization against savagery and evil.
Praise for Everfree
“Everfree is a great story that nicely rounds off an amazing trilogy.” — Booklore
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“One of the most exciting new voices in science fiction…. Sagan brilliantly treads the thin ice of futuristic ethical comment, daring to propose scenarios that show us at our all-too-human worst, even as we cling to the shreds of social idealism.” — Bookreporter
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“Everfree is an exciting ride through an imaginative and believable world, with ideas to ponder, characters to wonder about, and good writing to savor. And the ending is definitely worth the ride, though don’t be surprised if you still want more.” — Books In Heat
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“Over the course of the novels, Sagan’s writing has developed and matured; he handles the complicated plot of Everfree with seemingly effortless dexterity.” — EDGE Boston
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“Everfree is smart and fast-moving.” — Entertainment Weekly
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“Sagan’s mind-blowing post-apocalyptic trilogy comes to a satisfying, terrifying conclusion… [H]e brings the story to its end with a refreshing grace and palpable sadness rare in fantasy of this kind. A powerful plea for sensible human cooperation delivered via a knockout story.” — Kirkus Reviews
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“A compelling work that will appeal to fans of speculative fiction and apocalyptic thrillers.” — Midwest Book Review
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“The narrative is addicting, just as it is in Dan Brown’s novels.” — MSNBC
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“Entertaining, and even provoke[s] thought about, yes, world peace.” — New York Times Book Review
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“This is the best of the three. It is an imaginative, tender, amusing novel, full of surprises, filled with new technology carried beyond what is possible now and ending with some hope for a better world.” — Providence Journal
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“Tantalizing… Fascinating… Stuffed with ideas.” — Publisher’s Weekly
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“Sagan, who has dedicated the book to his late father, scientist and author Carl Sagan, has succeeded in creating a unique future, that, in light of the fears concerning bird flu and other communicable diseases, combines just the right amount of fear and wonder.” — Rocky Mountain News
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“[Sagan] brings the series to an undeniably satisfying and triumphant conclusion. Not only a fun and entertaining read, but also a startlingly original take… The SF ideas here—and there are plenty of them—are all very cool… but it’s really the characters that makeEverfree special. Hal and his compatriots may be posthuman, but they display an innate humanness that really resonates beyond these pages. Their interpersonal relationships are complex and dynamic, grounding the novel in reality even as its bleak future setting seems so foreign (yet all too plausible).” — Sci Fi Weekly
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“A riveting story that takes a hard look at humankind’s predatory and rapacious nature. Everfree is an exceptional and thought provoking read.” — Trek Nation