Fey Ex Machina
Edition: First
Publisher: Big Engine
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781903468227
Subjects: Science fiction
First sentence: Almost everything can be said to have poetic value.
Description: In 2048 the world is a bleak and cold, heavily polluted place – a world of extreme weather and heavy overpopulation. The economic growth covers much of the globe and is maintained by indentured workforces lured from the third-world poverty traps created by that economic drive.
On an unspoilt dimension in conjunction with ours, the fey races live with their own problems. Internal strife between two factions has been fought for thousands of years and now our pollution has begun leaking into their world from ours; interacting nodally with the background magical fields this creates a mutated fey spirit that sucks the life force from all around, trapping its victims and leaving large regions of twisted growth across their world.
To get the pollution stopped, an Elven combat team must cross back over the barrier to infiltrate, then act decisively so the fey can get humanity’s attention once more, re-inserting them back into a position of strength within the collective human psyche, and so reverse the problem. Their first attempt had been during the ‘60’s when trying to re-educate and enlighten, until they had been captured by the governments fronting for the powerful corporations manoeuvring into a place of power.
Notes: Big Engine has ceased trading, the author is seeking a new publisher.
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