After the fall, before the fall, during the fall
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2012 Nebula Award Winner 2012 Locus Award Winner 2013 Hugo Nominee 2013 Sturgeon Award Nominee In the year 2035, all that is left of humanity lives in the Shell. No one knows why the Tesslies attacked in 2014, devastated the environment, and nearly destroyed humanity. Or why the aliens imprisoned twenty-six survivors in a sterile enclosure built on the barren remains of the Earth. Fifteen-year-old Pete, one of only six children born in the Shell, is determined to lead humanity to a new beginning. But Pete struggles to control his anger as, one by one, the survivors sicken and die. Although the Earth appears to be slowly healing, the Shell's inhabitants may not live long enough to see it. The only chance for humanity lies within brief time portals. Peter and the survivors hatch a desperate plan: to increase their numbers by abducting children from the past. In the year 2013, a brilliant CIA consultant sees a pattern in seemingly unrelated kidnappings. As Julie Kahn's predictive algorithms reveal that the world is in imminent danger, she discovers that she may also play a role in its possible rebirth. Julie and Pete are rapidly converging in time--a chance encounter between them may be the Earth's only hope.
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subject_facet | Human-alien encounters -- Fiction, Science fiction, American, Time travel -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | After the fall, before the fall, during the fall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, After the fall, before the fall, during the fall / [Nancy Kress] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | After the fall, before the fall, during the fall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | Fiction, Human-alien encounters, Science Fiction, Science fiction, American, Time travel |