By Peter David
Event the great tapestry of After Earth in a novelization not like the other: A thousand-year saga that includes unique content material from the brain of Peter David, the veteran sci-fi writer who helped increase the richly imagined universe. this is often the total, never-before-seen chronicle of the extreme kin that's been around the universe and back--from humanity's final days on the earth throughout the occasions of the epic film!
Raige runs within the family
General Cypher Raige of the United Ranger Corps is just the most recent in an extended line of heroes. For 1000 years, ever because the globe was once engulfed by way of environmental apocalypse, the Raiges were instrumental in humanity's survival. They led the best way because the survivors deserted Earth, settled an uninhabitable planet known as Nova leading, withstood an onslaught from a mysterious alien strength, and carved out a brand new domestic within the farthest reaches of the galaxy.
Now Cypher has back to his relatives after a longer travel of accountability. For his thirteen-year-old son, Kitai, tagging together with his well-known father is the journey of a lifetime--and an opportunity to salvage their dating. but if an asteroid collides with their craft, they make a crash touchdown that leaves Cypher seriously--perhaps fatally--wounded.
Kitai Raige has continually desired to end up that he has what it takes to stay as much as his illustrious identify. Now, all too quickly, he will get his probability. along with his father's existence at the line, Kitai needs to enterprise out into the unusual, antagonistic terrain of a brand new global that turns out eerily primary: Earth.
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He spun around in a circle of fury, lashing out with both fists. "MOTHERFUCKER! We almost bought it! " Barris, standing visible by the side of the freeway with all its heavy traffic whizzing by, got out a little horn snuffbox of death tabs and took several. He passed the snuffbox to Luckman, who took a few, then passed it to Arctor. "Maybe that's what's fucking us up," Arctor said, declining irritably. " "Dope can't screw up an accelerator linkage and carb-idle adjustment," Barris said, still holding the snuffbox out to Arctor.
He'll flash on that and rap at us for days. Somebody got in who was hip to his device and cleverly unplugged it. So, he decided, if they find it unplugged I hope they think to plug it in, and not only that, make it run right. In fact, what they really should do is test out his whole detection system, run it through its cycle as thoroughly as they do their own, be absolutely certain it functions perfectly, and then wind it back to a blank state, a tablet on which nothing is inscribed but on which something would for sure be had anyone--themselves, for example--entered the house.
They may have left some. And he thought, Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then, briefly. Under very specialized conditions, such as today. Next thing, Barris will be reasoning that I lured everyone out of the house deliberately to permit secret intruders to accomplish their thing here. And later on he will discern why and who and everything else, and in fact maybe he already has. Had a while ago, in fact; long-enough ago to initiate sabotage and destruct actions on the cephscope, car, and God knows what else.