Now it can be shown: my editor Lou Anders has posted on the Pyr blog the cover art and synopsis for Geosynchron, the last book in my Jump 225 Trilogy. Here, without further ado, it is. (You can also view a larger version.)
The cover painting is once again by the incomparable Hugo Award-winning artist Stephan Martiniere, whose paintings for the covers of Infoquake and MultiReal have been blowing minds for many a month.
And here is the catalog copy for the book, which provides something
of a spoiler (though a necessary one) for the cliffhanger at the end of
MultiReal.
DAVID LOUIS EDELMAN’S BUSINESS SCIENCE FICTION SAGA THAT BEGAN WITH INFOQUAKE AND MULTIREAL COMES TO A STUNNING CONCLUSION WITH GEOSYNCHRON, THE LAST BOOK OF THE JUMP 225 TRILOGY.
The Defense and Wellness Council is enmeshed in full-scale civil war
between Len Borda and the mysterious Magan Kai Lee. Quell has escaped
from prison and is stirring up rebellion in the Islands with the aid of
a brash young leader named Josiah. Jara and the apprentices of the
Surina/Natch MultiReal Fiefcorp still find themselves fighting off
legal attacks from their competitors and from Margaret Surina’s
unscrupulous heirs — even though MultiReal has completely vanished.
The quest for the truth will lead to the edges of civilization, from
the tumultuous society of the Pacific Islands to the lawless orbital
colony of 49th Heaven; and through the deeps of time, from the hidden
agenda of the Surina family to the real truth behind the Autonomous
Revolt that devastated humanity hundreds of years ago.
Meanwhile, Natch has awakened in a windowless prison with nothing
but a haze of memory to clue him in as to how he got there. He’s still
receiving strange hallucinatory messages from Margaret Surina and the
nature of reality is buckling all around him. When the smoke clears,
Natch must make the ultimate decision — whether to save a world that
has scorned and discarded him, or to save the only person he has ever
loved: himself.
I’ll have more to say about this later, but figured that it couldn’t hurt to just post this stuff asap.
(Oh, and if you’re so inclined, the book’s now available for pre-order on Amazon.)