The Ships of Earth

by Orson Scott Card · 1994

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The Oversoul's chosen people flee the city of Basilica (destroyed in their wake by General Moozh) and travel across the desert wastes, eventually to settle in the hidden valley where long ago the exiles from Earth who founded the colony of Harmony left their starships—and the machines that can make them fly again. HC: Tor.

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aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisspace operaspace operaMore like thisLess of this
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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
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adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 351 pages

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