Emerald Sea

By Ringo, John

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Title:	Emerald Sea
Author:	Ringo, John
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Collections:	Science Fiction Collection, Baen Library Collection
Historic Publication Date:	2004
Publisher:	Baen Publishing Enterprises


Citation APA MLA Chicago Ringo, J. (2004). Emerald Sea. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
Description: The fast-paced sequel to There Will be Dragons is a rollicking adventure above and below the high seas with dragons, orcas, beautiful mermaids— and the irrepressible Bast the Wood Elf, a cross between Legolas and Mae West.

Summary
Summary: In the future the world was a paradise—and then, in a moment, it ended. The council that controlled the Net fell out and went to war, while people who had never known a moment of want or pain were left wondering how to survive. Duke Edmund Talbot has been assigned a simple mission: Go to the Southern Isles and make contact with the scattered mer-folk—those who, before the worldwide collapse of technology, had altered their bodies in the shape of mythical sea-dwelling creatures. He must convince them to side with the Freedom Coalition in the battles against the fascist dictators of New Destiny. Just a simple diplomatic mission. That requires the service of a dragon-carrier and Lieutenant Herzer Herrick, the most blooded of the Blood Lords—because New Destiny has plans of its own.

Excerpt
Excerpt: The human race had brought itself so far. Rising through the mists of history. Surviving wars and famines. Until they had finally come to a technological point where so much was available, war, and even government, had been all but forgotten. The AI entity called Mother, which had started as a security protocol for the nearly mythical internet had morphed over the years until it was She who was the final arbiter of need. Mother, with her Argus eye and processors ranging from extradimensional quantum field systems to the honeycomb of bees, knew all and could see all. Beyond who was naughty and who was nice, it was She who saw the sparrow fall. But the dangers of such an entity were known long before it was possible to create one. And Mother's creator, knowing the danger that She represented, She who was the first true AI, had established human controls upon her. Thirteen Key-holders, each with a physical pass item, who could tweak Her protocols and, in extreme cases, open up her kernel and reprogram Her. The latter, however, required complete unanimity.

Table of Contents
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