The science fiction novel tells the story of a frightening virtual network created by a group of rich men known as The Grail Brotherhood.These men include; Felix Jongleur, who was a child at the time of theFirst World War, and is currently the world's oldest man; Jiun Biao, aChinese economist, described as "the terror of Asia;" and Robert Wells,the owner of Telemorphix, the world's largest telecommunicationscompany. The book tells the story of a group of ordinary people who aredrawn into the network to stop them.

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City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1)

D A W Books, Incorporated

D A W Fantasy

D A W Fiction

DAW book collectors -- 1045, 1. paperback print., New York, New York State, 1998

Penguin Random House LLC (Publisher Services), [N.p.], 1998

DAW book collectors, New York, NY, 1998], ©1996

United States, United States of America

Otherland (1), January 1, 1998

Otherland, New York, 1997

Reprint, US, 1998

pb, 1998-01-00

7197

First book in New York Times-bestselling author Tad Williams's cyberpunk fantasy series • “Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists.” ―Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Otherland. Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth's most valuable resource—its children.Only a few have become aware of the danger. Fewer still are willing or able to take up the challenge of this perilous and seductive realm. But every age has its heroes, and unusual times call for unusual champions:Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher and the backbone of her family, proud of her African heritage, has fought all her life simply to get by. She has never wanted to be a hero. But when her young brother is struck down by a bizarre and mysterious illness, Renie swears to save him. When people around her begin to die, she realizes she has stumbled onto something she is not meant to know, a terrifying secret from which there is no turning back.!Xabbu is a Bushman, come to the city to learn skills which may save the spirit of his tribe. With the heart of a poet and the soul of a shaman, he will journey with Renie on this quest into the very heart of darkness.Paul Jonas is lost, seemlingly adrift in space and time. As he flees from the bloody battlefields of World War I to a castle in the sky, and onward to lands beyond imagining, he must not only evade his terrifying pursuers, but solve the terrible riddle of his own identity.Fourteen-year-old Orlando is also the invincible barbarian Thargorm, but only in his imagination. However, youth and frailty are not enough to get you excused from saving the world.And Mister Sellars, a strange old man on a military base, a prisoner of both the government and his own body, may be the greatest mystery of all. Is he part of The Grail Brotherhood? Does he oppose them? Or, as he sits like a spider at the center of a vast web, does he have ambitions of his own? The answers will only be found in Otherland.

Now in trade paperback, the first book in the classic cyberpunk fantasy series "Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists." --Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Otherland. Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth's most valuable resource-its children. Only a few have become aware of the danger. Fewer still are willing or able to take up the challenge of this perilous and seductive realm. But every age has its heroes, and unusual times call for unusual champions: Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher and the backbone of her family, proud of her African heritage, has fought all her life simply to get by. She has never wanted to be a hero. But when her young brother is struck down by a bizarre and mysterious illness, Renie swears to save him. When people around her begin to die, she realizes she has stumbled onto something she is not meant to know, a terrifying secret from which there is no turning back. !Xabbu is a Bushman, come to the city to learn skills which may save the spirit of his tribe. With the heart of a poet and the soul of a shaman, he will journey with Renie on this quest into the very heart of darkness. Paul Jonas is lost, seemingly adrift in space and time. As he flees from the bloody battlefields of World War I to a castle in the sky, and onward to lands beyond imagining, he must not only evade his terrifying pursuers, but solve the terrible riddle of his own identity. Fourteen-year-old Orlando is also the invincible barbarian Thargorm, but only in his imagination. However, youth and frailty are not enough to get you excused from saving the world. And Mister Sellars, a strange old man on a military base, a prisoner of both the government and his own body, may be the greatest mystery of all. Is he part of The Grail Brotherhood? Does he oppose them? Or, as he sits like a spider at the center of a vast web, does he have ambitions of his own? The answers will only be found in Otherland

The not so distant future where everybody has a second life in cyberspace. A growing sub-culture of cyberfolk and cyberpunks who are spending less and less time in the physical world, and ever increasing time 'plugged in'. But there is trouble brewing. Someone or something is trapping users 'online'. A rag-tag assortment of elite cybercitizens band together to stop the invasion.
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Volume 1 of the [Otherland series](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16026545W/)

Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher in the South Africa of tomorrow, realizes something is wrong on the network. Kids, including her brother Stephen, have logged into the net, and cannot escape. Clues point to a mysterious golden city called Otherland, but investigators all end up dead.

In a strange world of the near future, where virtual reality encompasses all aspects of society and boundaries are limited only by the power of the imagination, a dark conspiracy involving the world's most powerful individuals threatens to destroy everything.

In The Near Future, A Global Conspiracy Threatens To Sacrifice The Future Of Humanity For The Promise Of A Utopia Based On Virtual Reality, In A Critically Praised Novel By The Best-selling Author Of Tailchaser's Song. Reprint. Pw.

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