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High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches, programmed forty million years ago to guard the human settlement from all threats, especially themselves. In the latest in the Hugo- and Nebula award-winning author’s Homecoming series, the great artificial intelligence has lost control of the population, forbidden technology has been rediscovered, war has broken out, and the only repair lies light years distant on a lost and ruined Earth.

"There seems little doubt that the whole series will prove as readable–and as morally committed–as we’ve come to expect from Card." –Locus–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.  Amazon.com

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From Booklist
The third book of Card’s Homecoming Saga takes the prophet Nafai and his oddly assorted band of pilgrims across the deserts of Harmony as they flee from ruined Basilica and its conquerors. 

Fumbling their way toward workable social arrangements for their new existence as they go, they are guided by the Oversoul and its vision of the need to return to Earth. There seems to be a bit of fumbling, or at any rate a good deal of talk, in Card’s handling of this philosophical journey, but in its final stages, the book rises to great power as the little band of prophets approaches its goal. 

Even as good a writer as Card–one of the genuinely towering talents working in science fiction today–is not immune to middle-book-slump syndrome, but overall, this volume carries forward a superior story. Roland Green–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.   Read More at Amazon

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From Kirkus Reviews
First of a five-book series from the author of Xenocide, the Alvin Maker tales, etc. Planet Harmony, settled 40 million years ago following the destruction of Earth, is overseen by the Oversoul, an intelligent computer able to communicate telepathically with certain of the inhabitants. 

Set up to prevent war and ensure the colony’s survival, the Oversoul is now breaking down, and for repairs must journey to Earth (where, the Oversoul theorizes, a new civilization surely will have arisen by now). Needing help from Harmony, the Oversoul first contacts young student Nafai of the matriarchal city Basilica, hoping to persuade him and others of his family to secure the Index–an ancient machine that will enable the Oversoul to talk directly with everyone.