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Descent · Book · set in 2258 · calimasaga.com

The Pioneers space mission heads to the planet Calima to colonize it. Its crew enjoys everything they can imagine under the supervision of the ship's AI, Omega. But not everyone believes that humanity has reached its zenith or even taken the right path.^[1]

In 3 more cycles the Pioneers mission would reach Calima and Kurt wondered if he would notice any difference in his regular life. [...] Would the reality on the planet attract him enough to change his habits?

Descent is the Calima Saga novel of the Pioneers mission's arrival on Calima. It is told in the third person, close to Kurt: the reader learns what he learns, when he learns it, often through what he reads, is told or overhears.

Genre	Novel, in three Parts
Set in	2258, aboard the ship of the Pioneers mission and on Calima
Languages	English (Descent), Spanish (Descenso) and Catalan (Descens)
Readers	A novel for adults: it shows life as it is, sex, drugs and violence included, with no sugar-coating

Reading

The story: the ship, its people and the premise.
Parts: a brief summary of each Part.
Ending: how the book ends.
Editions: the free first Part and the complete book.

In this work

Characters

Aditi·Claire·Ifiok·Kseniya·Kurt·Nikau·Omega·Pedro·Raina·Wang

Peoples and factions

Engineers·Guardians·Pioneers mission·Researchers

Places

Kurt's refuge·Rubra Fulgur·Rubra Fulgur I·The black pool·The crystal cluster·The eastern mountain ranges·The hunters' camp·The island of the columns·The ship·The wreck·The zeichen market·Wang's camp

Beliefs and gods

None yet.

Flora and fauna

Athale·Crystal-plant hybrid·Gecko·Karmabog·Kutsanp·Ris·Vaghadata

Forces

Crystal energy and discharge·Nanomachines·The atmospheric particles·The black fluid·The columns·The sunken

Book reference

Glossary: the ship's language.
The ship's society: recreations, vigils, impressions and cycles.
Omega, the ship's AI.
Crystal energy and discharge.

Sources

↑ calimasaga.com

[1] calimasaga.com

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