Alector's Choice by L.E. Modesitt Jnr. - Fantasy - SFBookcase.com - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.

Series: Corean Chronicles
Volume: 4
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0765313871
Publisher: Tor Books
Price: $27.95
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Alector's Choice by L.E. Modesitt Jnr.

Description: The new novel in the bestselling Corean Chronicles L. E. Modesitt, Jr. returns to Corus, setting of his recent trilogy (Legacies, Darknesses, Scepters), to begin the epic story of the fall of great civilization.Corus has been designed to become the new home of a superior race from a distant world, whose very life depends on drawing sustenance from the biological life force of a planet. After changing the climate, they have grown ordinary people to tend the plants and animals in preparation for their eventual arrival in force. Meanwhile, their plans are supervised by a staff of Alectors, who in effect rule the world. Alectors are bigger, tougher, and have both psychic talents and technology unavailable tothe natives.