For millennia, the Jade Moon and the Ual-leen have fought in the murky underworld of the galaxy. Most people remain unaware of them, but their struggle spares no one-not even the innocent. Maya and Ihy raise Ianus, a young monk orphaned when he was two, in a Jade Moon monastery far away from the dangerous life in the underworld that killed his parents. Ianus comes to accept his adopted parents as his own flesh and blood. When he receives a vision of Ihy's murder, Ianus plunges deep into the underworld. With the help of his friends, he determines to face the people who murdered his birth parents. But Ianus fails to realize the Ual-leen's real goal-to steal an ancient and powerful relic. Now Ianus must save his dying father and recover the relic. Will he be able to navigate the underworld successfully, or will he fall victim to the murderer's plot? In a rush to save Ihy and his friends, Ianus must wrestle with far greater principles: do we have free will or are we slaves to our circumstances? More importantly, is it worth sacrificing life and freedom for order and security?

The shadowy hands that have guided they fate of the galaxy for millennia have maneuvered all of their pieces into place. Ianus passed all of their tests is now the the key to unlocking the most destructive force the galaxy has ever known.The ancient evil stalking him moves into release the secret guarded in the acients' temple. Faroh and his army march on the city.Now with an army beating on the gates and Faroh hungering for Ianus' defeat, the battle begins. Will Ianus and his companions survive? Will Ianus master the makers arts or will he drown in the liquid sky? Find out what happens in this exciting conclusion to Liquid Sky: Nemesis

Ianus awakes on a hospital ship... he failed. His adopted father lay mortally injured in the next room, and a powerful, ancient relic of the Jade Moon's founder has been stolen. Every option gone, only one thing remains...Abducting his father, he runs off in search of the one person who might be able to save him. They race across the stars. As they approach Kur-gal, they are attacked. Ianus is paralyzed. A specter whispers in his ear, taunting him and enticing him to turn from his chosen path.Will they be in time to save his father? Will Ianus succumb to the temptations of the mysterious stranger? Find out what happens next in this exciting installment of Liquid Sky: Dividing Souls.

This reader brings together a great number of what are regarded to be the 'seminal' essays that have opened up the study of science fiction to serious critical interrogation. It includes key essays by writers such as J.P. Telotte, Susan Sontag and Peter Biskind.

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Proceedings of a conference on the topic of Soviet and East European film makers working in the West held at McMaster University in Ontario in March 1989. The volume considers Soviet, Polish, Czech and Hungarian cinema, with particular emphasis on the films by Milos Forman and Jerzy Skolimowski.

Surveying a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence, Wendy Steiner shows that the fear and outrage they inspired are the result of dangerous misunderstanding about the relationship between art and life. 27 halftones.