In 2003, Nick Sagan exploded onto the scene with ldlewild, a highly original debut novel that inspired Stephen Baxter to say, “Sagan has a ferocious imagination.” Edenborn returned to Sagan's hyperimaginative world with a stylish, thrilling work that was hailed by critics and embraced by readers. With Ever-free, Sagan concludes the trilogy that is destined to become a classic.

As Everfree opens, a small group of humans has survived the apocalyptic epidemic called Black Ep, a disease that ravaged the world and left them alone on Earth. Their conflicting ideas about how a new, much less populated planet to gov-erned, however, are a source of terrible strife. The early “ post humans” believed in The Doctrine: The post-plague world is col-lective. We're all in this together. Let's look out for each other, share the dirty work, give the needy what they need.

Inevitably, though, as more survivors are roused form their frozen sleep, there are those who disagree. People who remem-ber power are waking up to a new world, and they do not intend to wait their turn….

 

NICK SAGAN is the author of the novels Idlewild, Edenborn, and Everfree. He is the son of astronomer Carl Sagan and artist/writer Linda Salzman. His greeting-“Hello from the children of planet Earth” – was recorded and placed abouard NASA's Voyager I and Voyager II spacecraft, which are now the most distant human-made objects in the universe. The writer of numerous screenplays and television episodes, Sagan graduated summa cum laude from UCLA Film School . Visit his website at www.nicksagan.com .