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Say your prayers… and behold The God Engines. Extremely dark and combining elements of both science fiction and fantasy, Scalzi has created a completely unique universe in which shackled gods and religious fanatics battle it out. The God Engines by John Scalzi - standalone science fiction novel by the author of the Lock In series, 2008.
The God Engines by John Scalzi. The story takes place in a universe where space travel is accomplished by chaining intelligent, human-like creatures called gods to a spacecraft and torturing them to drive the ship. The people are ruled by an organization called the Bishopry Militant, who worship a powerful being.
8 de may. de 2020 · The God screamed and kicked as far as its chain would allow. Godblood seeped from the gash.”- John Scalzi, The God Engines. But Gods are growing bold, fleet-wide. They are attacking and lashing out at their captors and are not cowering in fear as they once did. Tephe is summoned to the council and told of the true God’s plan on obtaining ...
The God Engines. John Scalzi. Subterranean Press, 2009 - Fantasy fiction, American - 136 pages. Devoted to the Bishopry Militant and to his crew, ship captain Ean Tephe is given a secret mission to a hidden land.
John Scalzi , The God Engines. There is one true God in this land. One God, above all others. He is attended to by the Bishopry, much like a church of believers. This God is nameless, and all the other gods must be defiled and abased below him. So much so that their abasement, and suffering, power the Bishopry ships. The ships are fueled by faith.
Captain Ean Tephe is a man of faith, whose allegiance to his lord and to his ship is uncontested. The Bishopry Militant knows this—and so, when it needs a ship and crew to undertake a secret, sacred mission to a hidden land, Tephe is the captain to whom the task is given. Tephe knows from the start that his mission will be a test of his skill ...
The God Engines opens with what, along with the opening line of jPod, is now one of my favourite first lines: "It was time to whip the god." Immediately, John Scalzi establishes a sense of difference between our universe and the one in which this book is set. In this universe, monolatrism is the order of the day.
