The Exodus Towers

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cetaps.researcherBispo, Jéssica
dc.contributor.authorHough, Jason M.
dc.date.accessioned2/29/24 11:29
dc.date.available2/29/24 11:29
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe novel follows the story put forth in the first book of the Dire Earth Cycle, which is set in the 23rd century and introduces Skylar, who is immune to an alien plague that makes humans go feral. Along with Dr. Tania, a scientist, he is sent outside the only remaining city on the planet – Darwin, in Australia, that is mysteriously sheltered from the disease after the aliens built a space elevator that creates a protective aura around it –, to gather scientific knowledge on the aliens and the elevator. Now, in The Exodus Towers, Skyler and Tania discover a new elevator (in Brazil) and rapidly establish a colony there, but are threatened by immune soldiers and subhumans alike (those afflicted by the plague), with the first turning out to be part of a religious cult. Meanwhile, Dr. Tania tries to maintain the colony functional and keep up with the gathering of scientific knowledge regarding the aliens and the elevators, while Skyler tries to keep the enemies at bay. Like the first novel of the series, The Exodus Towers emphasises the role of science as a way to understand a foreign threat and to assess and comprehend a changed environment. It also opposes religious zealotry and a newly funded society that holds on to science and discovery as a way of surviving (namely in the figure of Dr. Tania).
dc.description.authorJason M. Hough is the writer of the Dire Earth Cycle, comprising three books: The Darwin Elevator, The Exodus Towers and The Plague Forge. Before Hough became an author, he was a 3D artist, game designer and animator, having also worked in the fields of machine learning and computing.
dc.format.extent544
dc.genrescience fiction
dc.genrepost-apocalyptic
dc.genrespy thriller
dc.identifier.citationHough, Jason M. The Exodus Towers. Del Rey Books, 2013.
dc.identifier.isbn9780345537140
dc.identifier.urihttps://cetapsrepository.letras.up.pt/id/cetaps/114135
dc.publisherDel Rey Books
dc.publisher.cityUnited States of America
dc.rightsmetadata only access
dc.subjectalien
dc.subjectplague
dc.subjectcolony
dc.subjectreligion
dc.titleThe Exodus Towers
dc.typebook
dspace.entity.typePublication
person.familyNameHough
person.givenNameJason M.
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