The Beacon

by Valerie J. Freireich

Award-winning author Valerie Freireich has the uncanny ability to create stories that are at once boldly imaginative and entertaining, yet masterfully portray the layered complexities of alien... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451453972
• ISBN13: 9780451453976
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Roc
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.0" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Richly detailed study of the definition of humanity

Ms. Freireich fully explores and develops her characters. Per Stefan Acari is the very model of honesty and integrity, until his beliefs are shattered by personal and governmental betrayals. Through what appears to be a chance meeting of an offworld visitor, Beatrice, Stephan is forced to re- examine the world around him and his place in it. The results of his examination may have a cataclysmic effect on Earth, but this impending doom is outweighed by his need for justice and fairness. The Beacon is an in-depth study of human nature at the height of fantasy devoted to human characteristics.