num_pages: 304
description: In a top-secret government installation near the small town of Two Rivers, Michigan, scientists are investigating a mysterious object discovered several years earlier. Late one evening, the local residents observe strange lights coming from the laboratory. The next morning, they awake to find that their town was literally cut off from the rest of the world...and thrust into a new one! Soon the town is discovered by the bewildered leaders of this new world―at which point, the people of Two Rivers realize that they've arrived in a rigid theocracy. The authorities, known as the Bureau de la Covenance Religieuse, have ordered Linneth Stone, a young ethnologist, to analyze the arrivals and report her findings to the Lieutenant in charge. What Linneth finds will challenge the philosophical basis of her society and lead inexorably to a struggle for power centering on the mysterious object that Two Rivers' government scientists were studying when the town slipped between worlds. In Mysterium , Robert Charles Wilson "blends science, religion, philosophy and alternate history into an intelligent, compelling work of fiction" ( Publishers Weekly ).
language: English
title: Mysterium
titlecomplete: Mysterium
genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Alternate History, Science Fiction Fantasy, Mystery
ratings_count: 1040
places: Michigan
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Philip K. Dick Award, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Prix Aurora Award
category: Best Long-Form Work in English
publisher: New English Library