Once Homo sapiens reigned supreme, spreading from star system to star system in an empire that encountered no alien life and thus knew no enemy . . . save itself. As had happened many times before, the basest, most primal human instincts rose up, only this time armed with the advanced scientific knowledge to create a genetically engineered smart virus that quickly wiped out humanity to the last man. That man is Ruslan, the sole surviving human being in the universe. Rescued from the charnel house of his home planet by the Myssari—an intelligent alien race—Ruslan spends his days as something of a cross between a research subject and a zoo attraction. Though the Myssari are determined to resurrect the human race, using Ruslan’s genetic material, all he wants for himself and his species is oblivion. But then the Myssari make Ruslan an extraordinary offer: In exchange for his cooperation, they will do everything in their considerable power to find the lost home world of his species—an all-but-mythical place called Earth—and, perhaps, another living human. Thus begins an epic journey of adventure, danger, heartbreak, and hope, as Ruslan sets out in search of a place that may no longer exist—drawn by the slimmest yet most enduring hope.
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Alan Dean Foster
Bestselling science fiction writer Alan Dean Foster is an author of dozens of fiction and non-fiction works and has had his works in more than 100 books. He received a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, Los Angeles in 1968 and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema in 1969. Foster's fiction includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and westerns. He has written non-fiction articles on film, science and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novelizations of many films, including Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and Alien Nation. He has also written The Damned series and the Spellsinger series, which includes The Hour of the Gate, The Moment of the Magician, The Paths of the Perambulator, and Son of Spellsinger, among others. Foster's love of exotic places has taken him to Europe, Asia, through the Pacific Ocean, and the back roads of Tanzania and Kenya. He has lived in Tahiti and French Polynesia. Foster has had his works translated into over 50 languages. He wrote the novelization of "Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope", as George Lucas' ghost writer, and the earliest Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", centering on adventures featuring Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa. He later returned to Star Wars writing with the Republic-era novel The Approaching Storm. Alan Dean Foster wrote the novelization of "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" (2015). He wrote the novelizations for Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), two films directed by J.J. Abrams. In 1995 he wrote the novelization for the LucasArts video game, The Dig, based on an original idea by Steven Spielberg. Currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, in a house built of brick that was salvaged from a turn-of-the-century miners' brothel.
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