![]() So he sets out to learn the truth about Jupiter, about his own powerful calling as a prophet, and about the real nature of Deception Well, where a razor-thin line divides bliss from damnation. Their faith in him is strong and their numbers are growing, but Lot is beset with doubts about his father's teachings. ![]() Like his father, Lot has a seductive presence, and a charismatic nature that seems more-than-human. But Nagata doesn't give us the stereotypical science fiction story of. Lot, son of Jupiter, has inherited his peculiar charismatic quality. Ten years later, Jupiter's son, Lot, stands at the center of conflict. Like that novella, this is the story of a young boy, here Lot, who lives on Silk, an orbital settlement connected by sky elevator to Deception Well, a world with a very complicated and mysterious ecology. Jupiter disappeared on the planet along with a handful of followers, though whether they were taken by death or transcendence, no one could say. He believed the planet was host to an ancient, alien mechanism of transformation meant to embrace all life forms in an ecstatic communion. Remnants of an alien nanotechnology infest the surface of the planet, Deception Well, giving rise to deadly plagues that make the Well uninhabitable-or so most believe. In a war of belief, faith is a virus, and it's spreading fast: ![]() ".This payoff puts Deception Well firmly in the company of Stapledon, Benford, Bear, McAuley, and Niven." - Russell Letson, Locus ![]()
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