فاصله به ویرانی: این روز همه خدایان می‌میرند (فاصله، جلد پنجم)

The Gap series comes to a shattering climax in a cataclysmic showdown that will mean either the survival of all humankind . . . or its absorption and annihilation. Drifting in space, sabotaged by a crewman tainted with an alien mutagen, the starship Trumpet broadcasts to any ship in range the formula of the mutagen’s antidote—a drug the United Mining Companies has suppressed for its own sinister purposes. Aboard the crippled ship, the fugitives and survivors—Morn Hyland, an ex-UMCP cop, Angus Thermopyle, a newly freed cyborg, and unwilling saboteur Ciro Vasaczk—must make a desperate gamble. Pursued by the UMCP ship Punisher , threatened by the return of an Amnion combat vessel, they will hijack the police craft by any means necessary—and take it back to Earth. "As the crippled starship Trumpet drifts in space, its drives sabotaged from within by a crewman tainted with an alien mutagen, a deadly game is being played out on a satellite near Earth in the headquarters of the UMC Police. In the wake of a suicide attack in the chambers of the Governing Council for Earth and Space, UMCP Director Warden Dios is preparing to expose the secret machinations of the Dragon, the corrupt head of the United Mining Companies. But Dios's own dangerous actions are about to come to light and may precipitate all-out war with the Amnion, leaving Dios - and all humanity - to pay a terrible price for what could be termed treason." "Thought dead in space, Trumpet broadcasts to any ship in range the formula of the mutagen's antidote - a drug the UMC has suppressed for its own sinister purposes. A small band of battered survivors, these fugitives hold the key to Earth's future: Morn Hyland, a former UMCP cop whose obsession with the Amnion has grown so fierce she is becoming something even her son doesn't recognize; Angus Thermopyle, cyborg tool of the UMCP, released from his cybernetic enslavement and now testing the boundaries of his new freedom; Ciro Vasaczk, tormented by the damage done him by the Amnion mutagen - and by the damage he himself has done Trumpet while in thrall to the drug." "Their escape from the Calm Horizons will prove to be only a temporary triumph if the alien combat craft survives its battle with the UMCP ship Punisher and returns to the Amnion with the antidote's formula - and the key to the destruction of all human life. Morn Hyland can see just one way out of their situation. As Min Donner and Punisher close in on the disabled Trumpet to arrest the fugitives, Morn prepares for a desperate gamble. To commandeer the police craft by any means necessary...and take it back to Earth." "As Dios in Earth's orbit and Morn in deep space each make dire, far-reaching decisions, the Amnion act with swift fury, and suddenly Earth stands threatened with fiery destruction."--BOOK JACKET Author: Stephen R. Donaldson Title: The Gap Into Ruin - This Day All Gods Die Series: Gap #5 Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Bantam Spectra; Bantam Books Identifier: 9780307574053, 9780553071801, asin:B003TSEL78 Grade: retail Length: 637 pages Hardcover, 564 pages Published: 1996 From the bestselling author of Chaos and Order comes the conclusion of the Gap series. As the crew attempts to pursue the pirate ship Soar and her captain, their hopes turn to Angus Thermopyle. Angus, Morn Hyland, and her son, Davies, race home, unaware that Warden Dios and The Dragon are locked in a final confrontation that may alter the fate of humankind forever. Aug 2023 - epub verified by zardox. From first page Bantam paperback February 1997: Drifting in space, sabotaged by a crewman tainted with an alien mutagen, the starship *Trumpet* broadcasts to any ship in range the formula of the mutagen's antidote -- a drug the United Mining Company has suppressed for its own sinister purposes. Aboard the crippled ship, the fugitives and survivors -- Morn Hyland, an ex-UMCP cop, Angus Thermopyle, a newly freed cyborg, and unwilling saboteur Ciro Vasaczk -- must make a desperate gamble. Pursued by the UMCP ship *Punisher*, threatened by the return of an Amnion combat vessel, they will hijack the police craft by any means necessary... and take it back to Earth. A Man Betrays The Human Race To The Alien Amnion In Return For Immortality, But The Humans Manage To Turn The Tables. A Scheme By The Invaders To Mutate Humans Into Amnion Is Defeated When The Humans Invent An Antidote. By The Author Of Chaos And Order. Stephen R. Donaldson. A Bantam/spectra Book--t.p. Verso. The Fifth And Final Novel In S.r. Donaldson's Epic Gap Series, After: The Real Story, Forbidden Knowledge, A Dark And Hungry God Arises, And, Chaos And Order. Pursuing the pirate ship Soar and her infamous captain Sorus Chatelaine, the battleworn crew of the Trumpet places its hopes in cyborg Angus Thermopyle, who is working against his will. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.