Men and Demons

The third in the trilogy features Passarin, a boy raised on a planet cut off from Galactic civilization. Martin of Arable had named the planet Pair o’ Dice, her attempt at creating utopia. Instead, her child’s father attempted to destroy her settlement with atomics. Now Martin’s family and a remnant have been bumped back to pre-modern technology. Passarin’s father has called himself the God Giver. He runs an intense religious regime. But they are not alone. The People of the planet, who are only demonic in the humans’ imagination, look at the alien humans with contempt, and may wipe them out, unless persuaded the humans are intelligent. The connection one of them makes with Passarin may save the humans. Passarin’s journey of understanding is the center of the book. I could have called it The God Giver’s Child. Needless to say, this is not the actual cover