title: Sentinels (Starshield, Book 1)
author:  Margaret Weis 
description: The veteran SF team of Weis and Hickman (the Dragonlance and Deathgate series) plunges into a new universe with this soap operatic tale of a galactic chase. Exactly 3256 years after a family row sent supreme god Kendis-dai "into mortality" after losing his sister-lover Shuana-kir, "Omnet sifter" Merinda Neskat loses her own lover, Queekat Shn'dar. Even grimmer, Omnet, the governing intergalactic organ of information dissemination, is threatened by the revolt of its synthetic minds?the faster-than-human components that run every aspect of the automated universe, from computers to household appliances. To save Omnet, the grief-ridden Merinda must recover an ancient artifact, the Mantle of Kendis-dai, symbol of the lost Kendis civilization and key to a secret wisdom that could save civilization or disrupt it forever. After searching for eight years, Merinda meets the remnants of Earth's first mission beyond its solar system. Led by the inept Jeremy Griffiths, the bumbling Earth team helps Merinda defeat the evil forces lurking both inside and outside her own shaky, heartbroken psyche. Ludicrous dialogue ("Get out of my sight!... You are a black hole in my existence") and particularly cheesy characterizations spoil this introduction to a potentially intriguing universe where "quantum weather" disrupts the laws of physics and allows magic to intersperse with science. In addition, the mythical, far-future and contemporary Earthling plot lines lack convincing linkages, boding ill for future volumes in this series. $150,000 ad/promo; author tour. <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Guardians of the Galactic Sentinel: Book Two
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Archeon Codex.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  by Phillip Nolte
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Cover image by
  
  
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  Dedication.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is dedicated to my father, Roy G. Nolte (1922-).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  The Archeon Codex
  
  
  is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the products
  of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to
  actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright 2017 by Phillip Nolte
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Acknowledgements
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Special thanks to good friend and artist, A. Wirth for her superb artwork and
  Jill Randall, Lucinda Nolte, Chuck Mullen, Darrel Beebe and Sybil Beebe for
  their invaluable assistance with editing and proofreading.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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