The Silent Empire Omnibus (Silent Empire: Nightmare, Book 1; Dreamer, Book 2; Trickster, Book 3; Offspring, Book 4)
Steven Harper
Language: English
Pages: 1164
ISBN: 2:00223832
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Within the Dream, telepaths known as the Silent speak freely across the void. Time, distance, and species are no barrier to them.
Unfortunately, this makes the Silent very valuable. It makes them slaves.
The Children of Irfan are a monastic order dedicated to finding enslaved Silent, freeing them, and bringing them back to their home base on the planet Bellerophon. Kendi Weaver’s journey begins in Nightmare when the Children rescue him from Silent slavery. As an adult, he joins their order, and in Dreamer he sets out to find and free other Silent slaves, including a boy who could destroy the Dream--and the universe along with it. In Trickster Kendi sets up the riskiest con game he's ever devised in order to free his family from slavery. And in Offspring, he joins the shifting, startlingly dangerous politics of his new home on Bellerophon and uncovers frightening secrets within his own family.
Here for the first time, all four compelling novels of the Silent Empire have been gathered into a single omnibus edition.
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Though the bridge was still filled with noise. A few stars scattered themselves across the vid-screen image like salt crystals. “Can we still clear the atmosphere?” Ara shouted. “I think so!” Kendi yelled. “Peggy-Sue!” Gretchen screamed. “Mute alarms!” The alarms went silent, leaving a ringing in Ara’s ears. “Why are we still alive?” she demanded. In answer, Ben hit a key. The speakers came to life, though recent damage made the transmission hiss with static. “Attention Post Script,” said a.
Send you away, Bedj-ka,” she whispered fiercely in his ear. “No matter what.” She held him for a moment longer, then released him and stood up. “Now I should go down to medical and see to Gretchen’s foot. Come with me?” ”Are you a doctor?” Bedj-ka asked, getting to his feet. “I always wondered what my mom and dad were like and what they did for a living but I never thought about anyone being a doctor.” ”I am not a doctor, but I am an experienced nurse and medical technician, so I can perform.
Her body and her turf long enough to...do what he did. That scares the hell out of me.” “Why?” Gray said intently. “Because he did it without a noticeable break in the scenery. There should have been a flicker or something between the time Iris’s Dream ended and he took it over. There wasn’t. That means he’s highly skilled in the Dream, in addition to being frighteningly powerful.” “Powerful because he could kill her, you mean?” Gray said. “There’ve been other Dream murders over the centuries,.
Of it as a street, complete with sidewalks, doors, windows, and vehicle traffic. Restaurants scented the air with smells of fried food, baked sweets, and other aromas Gretchen couldn’t identify. Humans and non-humans chattered among themselves and with each other while dry computer voices provided translations. Music boomed overhead to accompany the holographic dancers. Vehicles zipped up and down the street, hovering just above the metal flooring. Crowded walkways made zigzags and lattices far.
Admitted. “There you go.” “It’s still creepy,” Ben said gloomily. “My dad was a genocidal maniac and my mother was a saint and they both died a thousand years ago.” “It’s probably for the best that they’re dead,” Kendi said. “I mean, imagine what it would be like for me if they were still alive.” “For you?” “Sure. Irfan Qasad as my mother-in-law. I’d never get the house clean enough for her to visit.” This time Ben’s laugh was real. In the middle of it, Kendi’s data pad beeped and a message.