The Demons at Rainbow Bridge

Jack L. Chalker

Book 1 of The Quintara Marathon

Language: English

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Publisher: Ace Books

Published: Sep 2, 1989

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SUMMARY: Three empires and their spheres of influence existed in uneasy proximity in the known galaxy. Oddly, all three empires had only one thing in common: demons.Each had a legend of humanoid creatures with hooves and horns, representing supernatural power and unspeakable evil. The similarity of the legends across the galaxy had led some to theorize that they had some basis in fact. Unfortunately, they were right.On an Earth-like planet in a region of space called Rainbow Bridge, an Exchange scouting expedition has found a mysterious structure with its mechanisms still functioning after unknown aeons. Within are the bodies of two horned creatures, gigantic in stature, perfectly preserved. Some races thought the demon world should be destroyed. The Mycohilians, who perversely revere the demons of their legends, wanted to make it a shrine. And the humans wanted to investigate. That was a fatal mistake for the investigators. The demons were not dead, just sleeping. And their wakening began a terror-filled nightmare for all the galaxy!

From Publishers Weekly

The final volume in Chalker's Quintara Marathon trilogy continues to blend space-opera adventure with crude theological and metaphysical speculation, but fails to provide escapist adventure.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The concluding volume to the "Quintara Marathon" trilogy of spacefaring civilizations united in a war against demons.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

SUMMARY: Many different beings in the galaxy shared one legend: demons. When an expedition to an unexplored planet discovered two gigantic horned creatures in suspended animation, they realized, just before dying horribly, the truth behind the legend. Rescuers answering a bizarre distress call found what seemed to be an entrance into another dimension, and had no choice but to pursue the demons into an insanely twisted space. And the desperate pursuers would find that the legends of demons being a danger to one's soul was as much a reality as the demons themselves.