Description: There are many ways to deal with the unknown:
Explore it. Ignore it. Or destroy it…
In this powerful, provocative novel, Ken Wharton welcomes you to Mandala, an extra-solar Earth colony where the unknown is rapidly approaching…
Cut off from Earth for over a century, the people of Mandala have created an utterly unique society—and developed religious beliefs and cultural customs that are completely their own.
Now, word has arrived that thousands of new colonists—most of whom are frozen in cryogenic suspension—are en route from Earth. Fearing a crippling shift in the planet’s balance of power, the Prime Minister vows to do whatever it takes to keep them away.
But someone else knows that they’re coming. A young deaf-mute, Drew Randall can communicate in his own unconventional way. And someone—or something—has told him that the new colonists have finally arrived…