IN view of the recent spate of suicide bombings I re-read The Parafaith War by L.E Modisitt jnr.
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Some bad ideas go back a long way,and the reason for this war is no exception.Generations ago,the Revenant Theocracy's god told them that they were entitled to more territory,and now,generations later they're excercising their devine right to conquer.
Trystin Desoll has grown up up fighting religious fanatics from the Theocracy,facing ever-tougher challenges from the enemy forces on the ground and in space.But the conflict is weakening both societies.Trystin has a plan to stop the war,but it means overcoming the prejudices of his own culture and religion...and becoming the prophet of his own enemy.
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There are some chilling comparisons with what we are facing at the moment.
Imagine that far in the future that there arises a religion that's a cross between Islamic and Mormon that brooks no opposition to it's goals but destruction of all 'golems and infidels'.Against them is an environmentally aware society that uses high technology to maintain balance in their society and to terraform new uninhabitable worlds.What to do especially if you are a citizen who looks so like the enemy and you are facing increasing racism because of this?Eventually because of those very looks you are trained as an intelligence agent with a mission to kill one vital man in the enemy's major Temple.
I love this book.It's a keeper but I never imagined that I would be reading it in the present circumstances.
