{"product_id":"antagonist-9780812521689","title":"Antagonist","description":"\u003cp\u003eGordon R. Dicksons Childe Cycle of novels depicting the future of the human race has been one of the grand epics of science fiction. At the time of his death in 2001  Dickson was writing Antagonist  the tale of Bleys Ahrens turn toward darkness. Now Dicksons assistant David W. Wixon has brilliantly finished the long-awaited book  working from Dicksons copious notes. Antagonist is a fitting capstone to one of the most ambitious series in SF history.  The Childe Cycle is the story of a new human evolution: the development of a real  hardwired sense of responsibility shared by all human beings. Donal Graeme was a Dorsai  a mercenary soldier  and also a mutant gifted with insight into the path forward for the human race. Through his gifts Donal would come to bend time and live three lifetimesand  in the process  run into problems he had not expected: first  his own flaws  and second  the existence of another mutant  Bleys Ahrens.  Following Young Bleys and Other  Antagonist advances the story of the formidably powerful Bleys Ahrens. Bleys is a man with a clear vision of the struggle in which hes involved -- but an increasingly deficient sense of human values. He and his organization  the Others  are tracking down an elusive interplanetary opposition. Meanwhile  Bleys own intricate conspiracies and devisings  and his quest for power  which began with the best of motives  have become something darker and fiercer.  Hes committed to his plans. They may bring about the advent of Homo superior. And they may destroy the human race.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647895003189,"sku":"ByrdShop_0812521684","price":70.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780812521689.jpg?v=1781699311","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/antagonist-9780812521689","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}