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''"Do you believe?"'' | ''"Do you believe?"'' | ||
Something very odd is happening on the cosmopolitan planet of [[Dellah]], home to Bernice Summerfield, famed [[archaeologist]], adventurer, raconteur and barfly. A long-ignored religion is rapidly gaining recruits. The faithful rejoice and talk of their God walking the land once more. And in secret rooms on campus, arcane arts are practised with dangerously successful results. | Something very odd is happening on the cosmopolitan planet of [[Dellah]], home to [[Bernice Summerfield]], famed [[archaeologist]], adventurer, raconteur and barfly. A long-ignored religion is rapidly gaining recruits. The faithful rejoice and talk of their God walking the land once more. And in secret rooms on campus, arcane arts are practised with dangerously successful results. | ||
Behind these seeming absurdities, something far darker is going on, something that has consequences for everyone. The most powerful races of the universe are running scared, withdrawing to their own strongholds, and leaving the lesser races to their fate. | Behind these seeming absurdities, something far darker is going on, something that has consequences for everyone. The most powerful races of the universe are running scared, withdrawing to their own strongholds, and leaving the lesser races to their fate. | ||
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=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* The Maa' | * The [[Maa'lon]]s' religious code forbids the wearing of footwear because it disconnects them with the godly earth. As such, Benny is forced to take her shoes off and walk around barefoot most of the time in this novel, causing her much discomfort and injury. She also sprains an ankle trying to jump down a hole because she lacks shoes to cushion her fall. | ||
* As a result of a [[skimmer]] crash Benny shatters an ankle and crushes both her feet. They are later bandaged to aid her healing, but she writes that her swollen ankle looks like a boiled [[egg]] someone tried to open with a sledgehammer. | * As a result of a [[skimmer]] crash Benny shatters an ankle and crushes both her feet. They are later bandaged to aid her healing, but she writes that her swollen ankle looks like a boiled [[egg]] someone tried to open with a sledgehammer. | ||
* Benny befriends Shemda, a member of the [[Grel]]. | * Benny befriends [[Shemda]], a member of the [[Grel]]. | ||
* Following a brush with a firing squad, [[Renée Thalia]]'s breasts against his naked chest (he was tied to a post in the open air) make Irving Braxiatel feel [[human]] for a few moments. | * Following a brush with a firing squad, [[Renée Thalia]]'s breasts against his naked chest (he was tied to a post in the open air) make Irving Braxiatel feel [[human]] for a few moments. | ||
* James Harker goes on a murderous rampage late in the novel. He also thinks about killing Bernice. | * James Harker goes on a murderous rampage late in the novel. He also thinks about killing Bernice. | ||
