Title: Heirs of the Damned
Author(s): Tiit Tarlap
Designer: Toomas Niklus
Publisher: Varrak
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Year: 2015
Original language:
ISBN: 9789985333778
Pages: 328
Condition: book written off from the library, stamps inside, otherwise in good condition
Size: standard format, hardcover
The Urphytes, inhabitants of the planet Urr, have handed over the reins of government to artificial beings, biomechs. Biomechs cannot be bought, they never get angry, and their decisions are always rational. There is complete balance in Urphyte society. However, life has also lost its momentum and zest. Some believe that the result of boundless rationality and intelligence is the extinction of the Urry civilization. The Urphytes send a team of biomechs and robots to find a viable community of intelligent beings in the vastness of space, to whom the inhabitants of Urr could pass on their wisdom and experience. Forest tribes are discovered on the planet Earth, from whom they choose their students. The chosen ones are tasked with leading the development of Earth's civilizations. Unfortunately, rationality is often of no use when dealing with the inhabitants of Earth, and purely human means must be used to achieve goals - intrigue and murder. Still, for the benefit of humanity itself. But all of this will lose its importance when the ice sheets start melting and the floodwaters are released. Now the most important thing is survival. Tiit Tarlap is an Estonian science fiction writer, whose latest novels are «The Dividing Line» and «The Cruel Song of the Ages».
Keywords:
science fiction
fantasy
horror
Estonian fiction