Series: Book 2 in the Homecoming series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Fantasy, Lang:en
Summary
The Call of Earth continues the story of Nafai, his
family, and the few other people selected by the Oversoul to
leave the city of Basilica, and their former lives. When the human refugees from a ruined Earth founded a
colony on the planet Harmony, they determined that this world
would not be devastated by the endless cycle of vicious
warfare that had characterized human life from the beginning.
They didn't try to change human nature. Instead they
installed a powerful computer, called the Oversoul, and gave
it the task of governing human affairs by subtly influencing
human minds. That was millions of years ago. Now the Oversoul is
growing weak, breaking down. It must be returned to Earth, to
the master computer called the Keeper of Earth, to be
repaired. The Oversoul must have human help to make that
journey. But as the Oversoul grows weaker, a great warrior
has arisen, stronger, smarter perhaps, than Nafai and his
allies. His name is Moozh, and he is deliberately flouting
the will of the Oversoul. He has won control of an army using
forbidden technology. Now he is aiming his soldiers straight
at Basilica, that strong fortress above the Plains. Who will
stop him? Basilica remains in turmoil. Wetchik and his sons,
Nafai and Issib, Elemak and Mebbekew, are not strong enough
to resist alone. Can Rasa and her allies defeat him through
intrigue, or will Moozh take the city and all who are in it?
And meanwhile, in their dreams, the most sensitive people of
the planet Harmony hear the call of the Keeper of Earth.