The View From Ararat Brian Caswell by Brian Caswell 9780525952411, 9781459691896, 145969189X, 0525952411, IV1RQEACAAJ instant download after payment.

One hundred years after the Revolution, Deucalion is a model society and life is good. But all that is about to change. Death arrives one day on the C - ship, Pandora, and suddenly no one is safe. Overnight, the old rules no longer apply. When every breath and every decision is a matter of life and death, when every friend is a potential threat, and the only one you can count on is yourself, how deep does your civilisation really run? In the sequel to the multi - award - winning Deucalion, Brian Caswell takes us a century further into his vision of Humanity's future. Once again, he merges fact with fantasy in a gripping read for young adults and lovers of speculative fiction alike.

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Gr 9 Up-The governing officials of the planet Deucalion face a crisis when spaceships from Earth are due to land and the settlers on board may be harboring a fatal disease called Crystal Death, a malady that causes elements in the body to crystallize and turn to stone. This mysterious illness, whose causative agent proves elusive to the research scientists, is fatal. The crisis builds through the voices of the characters whose lives are touched by this disease, including space miners, government officials, settlers, scientists, the terminally ill, and the few survivors. The action is set on an inhospitable world colonized several hundred years ago by humans who have learned to interact with the native Elokoi. These gentle storytellers, who communicate by mind-speech and have no need for spoken words, eventually provide the key to the medical mystery. The many and varied points of view add to the complexity of the exciting plot, making the book more akin to an adult title than standard YA sci-fi series fare. This rich, meaty story will be appreciated by serious fans of the genre.-Pam Spencer, Young Adult Literature Specialist, Virginia Beach, VA

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Since 1989, Brian Caswell has written twenty-four books including the best-selling A Cage of Butterflies. His work has received many awards and shortlistings including the Children's Peace Literature Award; the Vision Australia, Young Adult Audio Book of the Year Award; the Aurealis Award for science-fiction and fantasy; the Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Award; the Human Rights Awards; the NSW Premier's Awards (three times); and he has been included in the prestigious International Youth Library's 'White Ravens' list four times. All his published novels have been listed as Notable Books by the Children's Book Council of Australia. He lives on the NSW Central Coast with his wife Marlene.