Jack the Bodiless
- 592 pages
- 21 hours of reading
His powers may be the ultimate hope, if they allow him to live.
Julian May was an American author whose work spanned science fiction, fantasy, horror, and children's literature. Her writing often delved into profound questions about human nature and our place in the cosmos. May masterfully wove scientific concepts into compelling narratives, captivating a wide range of readers. Her prose is characterized by its imaginative scope and intellectual depth.






His powers may be the ultimate hope, if they allow him to live.
Humanity is reaching for the stars, but what must we prove to get there?
She concealed her great gifts, but some plans were made to be broken.
By A.D. 2110 nearly 100,000 humans had fled the civilized strictures of the Galactic Milieu for the freedom they thought existed at the end of the one-way time tunnel to Earth, six million B.C. But all of them had fallen into the hands of the Tanu, a humanoid race who'd fled their own galaxy to avoid punishment for their barbarous ways. And now the humans had made the Tanu stronger than the Firvulag, their degenerate brethren and ritual antagonists. Soon the Tanu would reign supreme. Or so they thought . . . .
Book One in the Saga of the Exiles
Book One in the Saga of the Exiles The epic odyssey of the misfits amd mavericks of the 22nd Century who pass through the time-doors of the Pliocene Epoch into the battleground of two warring races from a planet far away... (Source: back cover)
The Frivulag are rising, while the children of the metaphysic rebels are to re-open the time gate - sole escape route back to the Galatic Milieu - and Marc Remillard, the adversary, takes up his destined role in the power play.
This is the third book in The Saga of the Exiles series. The domination of the Tanu has been broken. In the aftermath of cataclysm, Aiken Drum seizes the hour to grasp control of the Pilocene world. There are those, human and Tanu, who rally to him - and those who fear and hate him.