Besides Olmy, the only characters that seem to be present from the other books is the gate opener Ry Ornis and Konrad Korzenowski, here still, of course, a downloaded mind residing in an implant in Olmy’s skull. We finally learn the details of the mission that got him the gratitude of the Hexamon and an extra bodily incarnation. This book is narrated by Olmy, military man, secret agent, and fixer for the Hexamon. My suspicion is that Bear wanted to do a novel using the strange ecology and biology of Lamarckia and decided to incorporate it into his Way series. On this mission, Olmy will learn about the basics: love, responsibility, and even failure. But he will find far more than an intriguing alien biology - for on their new world the secret colonists have returned to the old ways of human history: war, famine, and ecological disaster. There are only a few of these ecos" on Lamarkia, and the effect of human interaction on them is unknown.Olmy Ap Sennon has been sent to secretly assess the extent of the damage. A single genetic entity can take many forms, and span a continent. In some ways Lamarkia is very Earth-like - but its biology is extraordinary. From there the Flawships ride the center of the Way, traveling to other worlds and times.Now the rulers of Axis City have discovered that a huge group of colonists has secretly entered one of the interdicted worlds along the Way. The entrance is through the hollow asteroid Thistledown and the space station Axis City that sits at the asteroid's center. The Way is a tunnel through space and time.
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