num_pages: 383
description: Two hundred colonists arrive on Avalon to found a new community, having made the 100-year journey from Earth in suspended animation on the starship Geographic (the expedition is funded by the National Geographic Society). The colonists, all selected for their outstanding physical and mental attributes, make a terrible though the suspended animation technology permitted them to survive the journey worked well enough, it had unforeseeable side effects due to the unprecedented duration of its use. Their intelligence and reasoning skill are damaged. Some are only mildly afflicted, while others have mental retardation; eight cannot be reanimated at all. The book opens with the colonists learning how to live without the sharp and nimble minds they all once had.
language: English
title: The Legacy of Heorot
titlecomplete: The Legacy of Heorot
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Space Opera, Collections, Horror, Aliens, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 7233
series: Heorot
publisher: Pocket