{"product_id":"9781486608539","title":"The Battle for Halcyon","description":"In the first book of \u003ci\u003eThe Halcyon Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e, a risky physics experiment transports the island University of Halcyon to a new world. Meglir, a being of great power, is released from his prison and threatens Halcyon and the tiny refugee colony of Eleytheria. \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Halcyon\u003c\/i\u003e, we follow the struggles of Dave, Al, Pam and Floyd with their \u003ci\u003eHansa\u003c\/i\u003e allies as they work to stop Meglir's army and find a way to return Halcyon home to its own space-time. Surprising new facts about the continent of Feiramar, her peoples, and her history unfold. A new menace, in league with Meglir, threatens from the east. Will Halcyon continue to follow its program of tyranny to establish a secular utopia? Can Meglir be defeated? Can the island University of Halcyon undo the dislocation and return home? \u003cbr\u003eKazmaier creates a stunning new world at once hauntingly alien and sublimely beautiful. One senses the danger of the unknown, but also the feeling of \"coming home.\" His depiction of the \u003ci\u003eHansa\u003c\/i\u003e, Ancients, boat weed, travel oaks, living cloaks, and blade trees make this fiction series breath-taking in its imagination, yet realistic enough to be believed.\u003cbr\u003eLovers of imaginative, fast-paced colonization epics, which pit good against evil on a continent-wide scale, will find \u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Halcyon\u003c\/i\u003e well worth reading. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Halcyon Dislocation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf you enjoy Tolkien, Lewis and other good fantasy, this is a book you ought to check out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. David Hershey, Goodreads \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Halcyon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKazmaier's colonization epic put me in mind of Anne McCaffrey's remarkable combination of science fiction and fantasy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brian Meyer, \u003ci\u003eOrus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Kazmaier is an acclaimed author of futuristic fiction. His experience as a researcher in chemistry enables him to bring authentic scientific insight to his much beloved series, \u003ci\u003eThe Halcyon Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife Kathy in Mississauga. They spend their summers at their cottage on the Rideau Canal, near Seeley's Bay, Ontario.","brand":"Word Alive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49896441577712,"sku":"9781486608539","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781486608539","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}