Coyote Rising by Allen Steele

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The continuing epic of Earth's first space colonists--and their fight against a repressive government to reclaim their world in the name of freedom.

Publishers Weekly

Hugo-winner Steele's stirring second entry in the interstellar frontier saga that began with Coyote (2002) dramatizes the growing tensions between groups of pioneers on Coyote, a recently discovered world in the 47 Ursae Majoris system. Coyote's first settlers fled tyranny on Earth, so they're disconcerted by the arrival of starships full of colonists sent by a different dictatorship. Unavoidable conflict between the people who want to be left alone and those who need to dominate leads to intrigue, raids and eventually full-scale revolt. Perhaps inevitably (since it was first published as a series of stories in Asimov's), the novel deals with scattered episodes from that struggle, so that characters appear, perform some necessary action, and vanish just as readers have gotten interested in them. However, Steele presents his characters convincingly enough to account for their selfless or calculating behavior, and it makes sense for the story to focus on larger social evolution rather than individuals. In any event, the book's real center is its setting. Coyote offers forests, mountains, prairies, rivers in a panorama strange enough to rouse awe, vast enough to give all manner of humans room to find themselves. Happily, by the end the little war is finished, but this big, wonderful world is still waiting to be explored. Agent, Martha Millard. (Dec. 7) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Sent to colonize the distant world of Coyote, the passengers of the starship Alabama took matters into their own hands and established their own base in rebellion against the repressive governor of the colony of New Florida. As slave laborers struggle to build a massive bridge for the good of the government, the rebels, under the leadership of a mysterious figure known as Rigil Kent, wait for the right moment to strike a blow for the freedom of their new world. Steele's sequel to his acclaimed Coyote gives voice to numerous characters, from the notorious Madwoman of Shuttlefield and the prophet Zoltan Shirow, to a young composer and an idealistic architect, all of whom have a destiny in a world meant to give new life to the human race. A good selection for most libraries. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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