Cluster

By Piers Anthony

Book Overview

First in the sci-fi series "packed with exotic beings, ancient secrets, and futuristic worlds" from the New York Times-bestselling author (The Portalist).

As Cluster opens, the alien envoy Pnotl of Sphere Knyfh seeks help from Sphere Sol in a shared galactic-level crisis: Galaxy Andromeda has discovered the secret of energy transfer and intends to use it to steal the basic energy of the Milky Way Galaxy. Knyfh offers the secret of aura transfer on the understanding that Sphere Sol will spread the technology to help create a galactic coalition to find and defeat agents of Andromeda. Sol's highest-Kirlian individual is Flint, a green-skinned native of Outworld, who has a Kirlian aura of two hundred, an eidetic memory (useful for memorizing the complex equations of Kirlian transfer that he will need to communicate to other spheres). He has extraordinary intelligence and is highly adaptable. His mission is complicated, however, by the fact that he is pursued everywhere by a very high Kirlian female Andromedan agent and, somehow, the Andromedans are able to detect and trace Kirlian transfers. Flint embarks upon several missions to bring transfer technology to neighboring spheres, inhabiting various alien forms. His efforts are successful despite attacks and sabotage by the Andromedan agent. Through the conflict, however, the mutual attraction of their two vastly superior auras begins to undermine their individual loyalty to their own Spheres. Flint and a group of other entities recover the information that will allow them to detect and trace transfers, and a member of the group is revealed as the Andromedan agent. One result is the catastrophic destruction of the local habitat. Flint and his nemesis are transferred into alien Mintakan bodies to survive. Choosing to leave things with parity between their two galaxies, Flint and the Andromedan mate and remain together until their auras fade (which happens rapidly, since their physical bodies have been destroyed).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497637686
• ISBN13: 9781497637689
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Open Road Media Science & Fantasy
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Revisiting Flint of Outworld as a Middle-aged Man

I read this one in my late teens. I have been an Anthony fan since I read the first book of his that I bought in a K-Mart: The Source of Magic. I quickly learned that it was the SECOND book in the series, so I went back and read that one as well. This is one of his "older" non-fantasy works that I didn't get to until later, when I found it in a library and read it in one sitting of around 3-4 hours. I no longer have that kind of time to dedicate to reading, so this time it took me about two weeks at about 20-30 minutes a day. More or less the same amount of reading time, just spread out. Of course I remembered the story, or at least the broad strokes of it, so I knew who the villain was, but I still found the read highly enjoyable. Anthony dialog is an acquired taste, but I acquired it years ago. People don't talk like that IRL. Five stars. I'm working my way through the rest of the Anthony catalog, so dunno if I'll get back to this one any time soon, or if it'll be one my children who reads it. Or throws it out. Or donates it to goodwill. In any case, I'm glad I bought my copy.

Cluster is a Great futureistic book!

The characters in this book are great. I would recomend it to anyone.

Good sci-fi from Piers Anthony

Cluster is the first book in a 5-book sci fi series from Piers Anthony. It is highly recommended for entertainment. Follow the adventures of Flint, a cave-man in a futuristic universe. The alien species created by Mr. Anthony are very interesting both culturally and anatomically. The commentary on inter-species prejudice is a valuable reflection upon modern society. This is a short book, about 300 pages.

A really good book

Cluster is a very in depth book that alows you to imagen about aura's and host bodies. An all around good book.