This is the first novel in the series, and it introduces the world After the Black, as well as the series protagonist Eric Cross as he endures his baptism of fire.
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Humanity is threatened by one of its own.
Eric Cross, an enlisted...
The Chyrsalids is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. David, the young hero of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, always on the alert for any deviation from the norm of God’s...
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