The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order (The Gap Cycle #4)
Stephen R. Donaldson
4.16 · 19 ratings · Published: 01 Jun 1994
Among this unlikely crew of allies are Morn Hyland, once a UMC cop, now a prisoner to the electrodes implanted in her brain; her son, Davies, “force-grown” to adulthood by the alien Amnion and struggling to understand his true identity; the amoral space buccaneer Nick Succorso, whose most daring act of piracy could be his last; and Angus Thermopyle, unstoppable cyborg struggling to wrest control of his own mind from his UMC programmers.
Locked in a lethal batter against one another for control of Trumpet, they also find themselves the target of Punisher, a police ship whose human captain, Min Donner, is torn between her duty and her sympathy for the outlaw crew she’s been ordered to capture. Yet as Min races to reach Trumpet in time, Warden Dios, the director of the UMC Police, receives a darker directive from the mysterious, semi-immortal Dragon, ruler of the UMC: Kill everyone aboard Trumpet except for the one person whose blood carries the mutagenic key to ultimate Amnion triumph—the ability to appear perfectly human.
In a final titanic showdown in space, amid uncharted comets, planets, and asteroid swarms, these forces will converge in a contest of skill and survival on which their future—and the future of the galaxy—depends.
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The 'The Gap Cycle' series
105 ratings 4.06 ·- The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story by Stephen R. Donaldson Book #1
- The Gap Into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge by Stephen R. Donaldson Book #2
- The Gap Into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises by Stephen R. Donaldson Book #3
- The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order by Stephen R. Donaldson Book #4
- The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die by Stephen R. Donaldson Book #5
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