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Language English Pages 136 Originally published 2009 Page count 136 Country United States of America | 3.6/5 Publication date 2009 ISBN 978-1-59606-299-3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Novel, Science Fiction, Novella Similar John Scalzi books, Science Fiction books |
The God Engines is a science fiction novella by John Scalzi published in 2009. It was nominated for the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novella.
Synopsis
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. Captain Ean Tephe is completely faithful to the Bishopry, but his faith comes under test when he is assigned a secret mission which his ship's god seems to have a keen interest in.
References
The God Engines Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA