Haze

What lies beneath the millions of orbiting nanotech satellites that shroud the world called Haze? Major Keir Roget$1 (Bs mission is to make planetfall in secret, find out, and report back to his superiors in the Federation, the Chinese-dominated government that rules Earth and the colonized planets. For all his effectiveness as a security agent, Roget is troubled by memories of an earlier mission. When he was assigned to covert duty in the Noram backcountry town of St. George, he not only discovered that the long-standing Saint culture was neither as backward nor as harmless as his superiors believed, but he barely emerged with his life and sanity whole. Now, scouting Haze, he finds a culture seemingly familiar, yet frighteningly alien, with hints of a technology far superior to that of the Federation. Yet he is not certain how much of what he sees is real$1 (Bor how to convey a danger he cannot even prove to his superiors, if he can escape Haze Haze, a mysterious planet that lives up to its name in more than one way. Set far in the future after a war with Asia that America lost, there is an American who is a Security Agent for the Federation that controls everything and everyone. We get to share a very few of his previous assignments and the personal cost to him of each one. Then comes his assignment to scope out the planet Haze, where he encounters a world and people he never imagined. While I generally dislike books where separate stories are intertwined, Mr. Modesitt manages it seamlessly. A very good read. What Lies Beneath The Millions Of Orbiting Nanotech Satellites That Shroud The World Called Haze? Major Keir Roget's Mission Is To Make Planetfall In Secret, Find Out, And Report Back To His Superiors In The Federation, The Chinese-dominated Government That Rules Earth And The Colonized Planets. L.e. Modesitt, Jr. A Tom Doherty Associates Book. Major Keir Roget's mission is to make planet fall in secret, find out, and report back to his superiors in the Federation, the Chinese-dominated government that rules Earth and the colonized planets. For all his effectiveness as a security agent, Roget is troubled by memories of an earlier mission.