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The Sons Of Heaven
Kage Baker
Tor, July 2007, $25.95, 432 pp.
ISBN: 076531746X
When last seen, Mendoza, the immortal cyborg botanist, is in 500,000 BCE with her three lovers in one body. One of three personalities in the cyborg body they share, Edward, was able to set the personalities of the other two men, Alex and Nicholas into a locked file in Mendoza’s mind. Edward is the most powerful cyborg that ever existed and believes he is qualified to rule the world. Mendoza, his love and lover doesn’t like that plan and convinces him to let her give birth to two immortal infants, Alec and Nicholas, who have data ports where information is downloaded at necessary integrals to give them back their minds, emotions and personalities.
Edward finds himself so enamored with fatherhood that he forgets world domination and settles in to raise his children with Mendoza. In the present Dr Zeus incorporated has finally come upon a plan to kill the immortals prior to the Silence, that day is July of 2355 when Dr Zeus no longer knows what will happen in the future. While they are trying to kill their creations, three cabals of cyborgs immortals form, each with its own idea of what to do with Dr. Zeus and the mortals. Mendoza plays a critical role in what becomes of Zeus’s board of directors and the mortal race.
Readers have long waited for Zeus to get what he deserves, but will have to read the book to learn the solution of each interested group and whether the good “doctor” did indeed get what was coming to the corporation. Mendoza and her three men continue to struggle to co- exist as a family knowing they need to find a way to live in harmony. The characters retain their personalities from previous books so readers feel a strong sense of continuity and the conclusion feels right. Kage Baker is a creative storyteller who has written the book that answers all questions and ties up all loose ends but not always in the way the Baker regulars will expect.
Kage Baker
Tor, July 2007, $25.95, 432 pp.
ISBN: 076531746X
When last seen, Mendoza, the immortal cyborg botanist, is in 500,000 BCE with her three lovers in one body. One of three personalities in the cyborg body they share, Edward, was able to set the personalities of the other two men, Alex and Nicholas into a locked file in Mendoza’s mind. Edward is the most powerful cyborg that ever existed and believes he is qualified to rule the world. Mendoza, his love and lover doesn’t like that plan and convinces him to let her give birth to two immortal infants, Alec and Nicholas, who have data ports where information is downloaded at necessary integrals to give them back their minds, emotions and personalities.
Edward finds himself so enamored with fatherhood that he forgets world domination and settles in to raise his children with Mendoza. In the present Dr Zeus incorporated has finally come upon a plan to kill the immortals prior to the Silence, that day is July of 2355 when Dr Zeus no longer knows what will happen in the future. While they are trying to kill their creations, three cabals of cyborgs immortals form, each with its own idea of what to do with Dr. Zeus and the mortals. Mendoza plays a critical role in what becomes of Zeus’s board of directors and the mortal race.
Readers have long waited for Zeus to get what he deserves, but will have to read the book to learn the solution of each interested group and whether the good “doctor” did indeed get what was coming to the corporation. Mendoza and her three men continue to struggle to co- exist as a family knowing they need to find a way to live in harmony. The characters retain their personalities from previous books so readers feel a strong sense of continuity and the conclusion feels right. Kage Baker is a creative storyteller who has written the book that answers all questions and ties up all loose ends but not always in the way the Baker regulars will expect.
