Jack L. Chalker
ASIN: B00JHM4EF4
Publisher: Phoenix Pick
Pages: 340
Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time. Gilgam Zinder finally discovers the secret to the Markovian Well World but is then forced by the evil politician and drug dealer, Antor Trelig, to develop a computer that can control the artificial construct.Mavra Chang is a freighter pilot hired to rescue Zinder’s daughter, who has been kidnapped by Trelig, and to save the worlds populating the construct from Trelig’s malicious plans. In the process, Obie, the self–aware computer, accidentally causes a whole world to be automatically transported around the Well World, causing Mavra’s ship to crash on a “non-tech” hex-world.As inhabitants of surrounding hex-worlds start to realize what is going on, they scramble to ...