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Earthborn

by Orson Scott Card

Aboard a starship orbiting Earth, a lone survivor is periodically awakened to monitor her descendants on the planet below. As she watches over them, the damaged Oversoul continues a long search for the Keeper of Earth to repair its malfunctioning systems.

Accession 35793 ISBN 0312930402 Publisher Tor Books
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