Second Pass: A SIL Novel
by Ken Ludden
Category: Fiction

SIL, blending science and philosophic idealism, is a self-contained orbital craft providing physical survivability and intellectual stimulation-an example to eco-ravaged Earth of humanity's future. But all is not Utopian in this brave, new world. SIL's first inhabitants oppose new comers; McVee favors new blood, new ideas. forces vie for control. Silians experiment with altered states of consciousness, as powerfully dangerous as excitingly seductive. Is it truly mind expanding or simply life threatening? The answer contains surprising implications for SIL, and all of humanity.