The Annunciate

Severna Park

HarperCollins, Dec 4, 2001 - Fiction - 304 pages

In a dark new age, technologically advanced humans have crossed vast stretches of space-yet have remained brutally, imperfectly human.

In the star system ThreeSys, three members of the elite human "Meshed" caste have used their great gifts for evil purposes -- enslaving the lower orders in the addictive dreams of a powerful narcotic. Now hunted by those seeking bloody retribution, Corey, Annmarie, and Eve-along with Eve's lower caste lover, Naverdi -- must flee to Paradise, the first world in ThreeSys to know the curse of human habitation. But something is waiting for them on the now abandoned planet -- a sinister being that can turn their own powers against them, an entity that has broken down all barriers between virtual and real; a creature that has chosen Naverdi to bear its offspring into the world.

What people are saying

Review: The Annunciate

User Review  - Pleurat - Goodreads

Not a compelling story. If english is your second-language than you may learn some interesting new words.

Review: The Annunciate

User Review  - Melissa - Goodreads

I thought I'd give this one a chance since I enjoyed Speaking Dreams, but I really couldn't find the motivation of the characters actions. No love for the characters either so their fates didn't mean much to me. If there was a deeper philosophical meaning, I missed it.

About the author

Severna Park has been a lecturer and reader for the Women in Science Fiction program at the University of Maryland. She has also been an itinerant artist, a world traveler, a political carpetbagger, a public school teacher, and a book reviewer. She lives with her partner of sixteen years outside Baltimore, Maryland.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Annunciate
• Author: Severna Park
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001
• ISBN: 0380805022, 9780380805020
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General