NEW WORLDS. NEW DESTINIES.
The sea world of Pandora, so unlike waterless Dune, is similar in one fateful way - its struggle for survival. An awesome conflict, one that will either transform or destroy the planet, has divided the people of Pandora: its dictator, the sadistic Raja Flattery... its resistance, the anarchistic Shadows (who may or may not exist)... and its promised savior, the beautiful near-human Crista Galli, who was raised undersea.
Now the remnants of humanity, having mastered the Void and transformed new worlds, depart once more for the waiting stars.
But this time, Man does not go alone.
THE ASCENSION FACTOR
"FANS OF THE LATE [FRANK HERBERT] WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. As with Herbert's famous Dune series, the novel boasts finely detailed characterizations and displays great concern for ecology."
- Booklist
"A WORTHY SEQUEL... WILDLY ECLECTIC!"
- Rave Reviews
THE LATE FRANK HERBERT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE BEST-LOVED SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS OF ALL TIME. THE ASCENSION FACTOR MARKS HIS THIRD AND FINAL COLLABORATION WITH AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND POET BILL RANSOM.