The irony is lost on him, and the City people know better. Jupiter is leading an armed assault of the city, in an attempt to get his generational ship's crew down to the planet, which he strongly believes will lead them all into peaceful Communion. The story picks up on a city at the end of a Space elevator above a green but apparently deadly world. Lot is the son of Jupiter, who is a leader. Some people are immune, but most are not, and blindly follow whoever has the strongest version, but virus' presence isn't always apparent to the individuals concerned. Humanity has spread from the stars, but with them has come a 'cult leader' virus template, embedded in their nano-tech Makers. It's the 2nd in a series of standalone novels, and hence has very little connection with the first, being some substantial distance removed in time and space. This didn't quite work for me and I'm not sure where the author is going with it. So he sets out to learn the truth about Jupiter, about his own powerful calling as a prophet, and about the real nature of Deception Well, where a razor-thin line divides bliss from damnation.Enjoy all four books of the Nanotech Succession, a collection of stand-alone novels exploring the rise of nanotechnology and the strange and fascinating future that follows. Their faith in him is strong and their numbers are growing, but Lot is beset with doubts about his father’s teachings.
Like his father, Lot has a seductive presence, and a charismatic nature that seems more-than-human. Jupiter disappeared on the planet along with a handful of followers, though whether they were taken by death or transcendence, no one could say.Ten years later, Jupiter’s son, Lot, stands at the center of conflict.
He believed the planet was host to an ancient, alien mechanism of transformation meant to embrace all life forms in an ecstatic communion. In a war of belief, faith is a virus, and it’s spreading fast.Remnants of an alien nanotechnology infest the surface of the planet, Deception Well, giving rise to deadly plagues that make the Well uninhabitable-or so most believe.
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