2019, ISBN: 9781423356301

[SR: 16170876], MP3 CD, [EAN: 9781423356301], Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged, Brilliance Audio, Brilliance Audio, Book, [PU: Brilliance Audio], Brilliance Audio, Emilio Sandoz is a rema… More...

[SR: 16170876], MP3 CD, [EAN: 9781423356301], Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged, Brilliance Audio, Brilliance Audio, Book, [PU: Brilliance Audio], Brilliance Audio, Emilio Sandoz is a remarkable man, a living saint and Jesuit priest who undergoes an experience so harrowing and profound that it makes him question the existence of God. This experience―the first contact between human beings and intelligent extraterrestrial life―begins with a small mistake and ends in a horrible catastrophe.Sandoz is a part of the crew sent to explore a new planet. What they find is a civilization so alien and incomprehensible that they feel compelled to wonder what it means to be human.The priest is the only surviving member of the crew and upon his return he is confronted by public inquisition and accusations of the most heinous crimes imaginable. His faith utterly destroyed, crippled and defenseless, his only hope is to tell his tale. Father John Candotti has been charged with discovering the truth, but the truth may be more than Earth is willing to ac, In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question the meaning of being "human." When the lone survivor of the expedition, Emilio Sandoz, returns to Earth in 2059, he will try to explain what went wrong... Words like "provocative" and "compelling" will come to mind as you read this shocking novel about first contact with a race that creates music akin to both poetry and prayer., 7654406011, Fantasy, 23, Romance, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11764651011, Action & Adventure, 23, Romance, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 16273, Adventure, 16272, Science Fiction, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

2016, ISBN: 9781423356301

MP3 CD, [EAN: 9781423356301], Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged, Brilliance Audio, Brilliance Audio, Book, [PU: Brilliance Audio], 2008-04-04, Brilliance Audio, This strange, ambitious sci… More...

MP3 CD, [EAN: 9781423356301], Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged, Brilliance Audio, Brilliance Audio, Book, [PU: Brilliance Audio], 2008-04-04, Brilliance Audio, This strange, ambitious science fiction novel has already won enough attention for its first-time author to make it a selection by both the Book of the Month and QPB clubs. Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit linguist, heads a team of scientists and explorers on an expedition to the planet Rakhat, where contact has been established with two apparently primitive races, the Runa and the Jana'ata. The narrative shifts back and forth between 2016, when contact is first made, and 2060, to a Vatican inquest interrogating the maimed and broken Sandoz. A palaeoanthropologist, Russell makes the descriptions of the inhabitants of Rakhat both convincing and unsettling., 279254, Fantasy, 278471, Alternative History, 279255, Anthologies & Short Stories, 4034597031, Christian Fantasy, 4034598031, Coming of Age, 279256, Contemporary, 279257, Epic, 4034599031, Fairy Tales, 279259, Historical, 4034600031, Low Fantasy, 4034601031, Metaphysical & Visionary, 4034602031, Myths & Legends, 4034609031, Superhero, 4034610031, Sword & Sorcery, 4034612031, TV, Movie, Game Adaptations, 4034613031, Urban, 4034595031, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 279293, Adventure, 279292, Science Fiction, 4034595031, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<