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The Makeshift God

(1979)
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SCIENCE FICTION-ULTIMATE KNOWLEDGE-ULTIMATE CHAOS-HEMMED IN AND FRUSTRATED BY THE PERILS AND PRESSURES OF 22ND CENTURY AMERICA,SCHOLAR ARTHUR CAINE WELCOMED THE MISSION TO THE DISTANT PLANET ALBAR.FOR ALBAR WAS AN INCREDIBLE STOREHOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EARTH'S HISTORY-A LIVING TREASURY OF INFORMATION THAT ONLY HE COULD INTERPRET.BUT THE NATIVES OF ALBAR-ROYALTY,PRIESTS AND COMMONERS ALIKE-HAD THEIR OWN INTRIGUES INVOLVING THE BIZARRE CREATURE CAINE SOUGHT-MOST OF THEM SEEMING TO CALL FOR KILLING OR ENSLAVING CAINE AND HIS COMPANIONS.TO REACH THE GOAL THAT OBSESSED HIM,CAINE WOULD HAVE TO ALTER THE FUTURE OF THE WHOLE PLANET-IF HE COULD STAY ALIVE LONG ENOUGH.

Genre: Science Fiction

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