num_pages: 359
description: Take a ride through time with the devil. In the sixth book of the Company series, we meet Executive Facilitator General Labienus. He's used his immortal centuries to plot a complete takeover of the world since he was a young god-figure in Sumeria. In a meditative mood, he reviews his interesting career. He muses on his subversion of the Company black project ADONAI. He considers also Aegeus, his despised rival for power, who has discovered and captured a useful race of mortals known as Homo sapiens umbratilis. Their unique talents may enable him to seize ultimate power. Labienus plans a double cross that will kill two birds with one he will woo away Aegeus's promising protege, the Facilitator Victor, and at the same time dispose of a ghost from his own past who has become inconvenient. The Hugo-nominated novella "Son Observe The Time," telling that part of the story, is included here in its entirety. Fans of the series will love this book, and new readers will be enthralled.
language: English
title: The Children of the Company
titlecomplete: The Children of the Company (The Company, #6)
genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Alternate History, Time Travel, Short Stories, Dystopia, Science Fiction Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1380
series: The Company
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Tor Science Fiction