The Fifth World [NOOK Book]

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In the early twenty-second century, the earth is dying, reeling from the effects of a brutal nuclear war. To save humanity, an international alliance called the Consortium seeks to build a new homeland on a distant planet called Gaia. To send the first wave of settlers, the Consortium constructs an enormous starship called the Ark, which will allow them to reach Gaia and begin rebuilding humanity.

Biologist Becca Newman labors on the Ark ...
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Overview

In the early twenty-second century, the earth is dying, reeling from the effects of a brutal nuclear war. To save humanity, an international alliance called the Consortium seeks to build a new homeland on a distant planet called Gaia. To send the first wave of settlers, the Consortium constructs an enormous starship called the Ark, which will allow them to reach Gaia and begin rebuilding humanity.

Biologist Becca Newman labors on the Ark Project with a profound concern. Her brother Alex will be among the first settlers to reach on Gaia. Yet when the starship launches from Earth and heads through deep space en route to Gaia, the ship disappears. Becca is devastated. Her brother is presumed dead and the last and best hope for humanity’s survival has disappeared into the ether of space.

Fourteen years later, she learns that the Consortium made a mistake. Despite losing contact, the Ark succeeded in its mission and the ship and its colonists safely reached Gaia. Becca is thrilled and overwhelmed by the knowledge that her brother may still be alive. She joins an expedition to Gaia to find out what happened to the Ark and what has become of the colonists.

On the distant planet, Becca and Alex undergo a blissful reunion but she soon learns the other visitors from Earth are not welcome. The colonists are quite happy in their solitude and are prepared to fight to remain free of Earth’s control. She soon learns about the inhumane cruelty of the Consortium, the violent insurrection, and a separatist plot spawned before the Ark was even built.

The Fifth World is an explosive mix of political intrigue, post-apocalyptic survival, space travel, and revolution that will engross fans of Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series.
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940014762885
  • Publisher: Electronic Sound and Print, Inc.
  • Publication date: 5/26/2012
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 428
  • Sales rank: 867,304
  • File size: 283 KB

Meet the Author

I was born and raised outside Chicago, Illinois. During high school I started writing science fiction and fantasy stories but never tried to have them published. In college I became deeply interested in philosophy, religion, and government which led me to attend law school. After graduating from law school I decided to start writing again incorporating what I had studied in college and law school. Only this time I wanted to do a full-length novel and get it published. In late 2011 I finished the manuscript for The Fifth World and got it published on May 26, 2012. It is the first of what I hope to be many science fiction novels.
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  • Posted January 17, 2013

    The Fifth World Jacob Foxx 5 stars A well-thought-out and w

    The Fifth World
    Jacob Foxx
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    A well-thought-out and well-articulated combination of futuristic speculative and science fiction, “The Fifth World” begins with the Hopi explanation of the five worlds in which humans have lived since creation by the spirits, and then leaps immediately into the chaotic and uproarious 22rd century, an era of space travel and potential off-planet colonization. But this novel goes much deeper than simply explaining faster-than-light travel. It is philosophical, metaphysical, spiritual in that it examines tenets of many faiths, scientific; and it is also a novel of character.




    I’d be hard pressed to select the main characters; both planet Earth and the newly-colonized planet, Gaia, in another solar system, are characters in their own right. So are the spaceships: the Ark, the Mayflower, the Atlantis, the Prophet. Important also are terraforming scientist Becca Newman; her brother Alex of the U.S. Department of Justice and among the first group of colonists to Gaia; Marissa du Preece, formerly Alex’s professional protégé and fourteen years later the Ambassador to the Terran Federation; and many others, including Brazilian scientist Felix and Iranian scientist Khalid, both astrophysicists. There are layers and layers of characters, layers upon layers of politics, economics, society, cultures. 




    I found this an exceptional novel and was very glad for the opportunity to read it. I was provided an ebook copy by the author via NetGalley in return for my fair and impartial review.

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