Rev, just from the cover blurb of a novel I just bought, I think you'd like it:
The Edge of Reason: a Novel of the War Between Science and Superstition by Melinda Snodgrass. (She created the WildCards series resident alien genius, Doctor Tachyon.)
Blurb then goes on to detail minor plot specifics, but hey...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
The Edge of Reason: a Novel of the War Between Science and Superstition by Melinda Snodgrass. (She created the WildCards series resident alien genius, Doctor Tachyon.)
Quote:There is a secret war.
It has been fought between the forces of fanaticism and the cause of reason for thousands of years. On one side are the Old Ones, malign entities that feed on the suffering of mankind; on the other are the Lumina, an ancient order dedicated to the liberation of the human spirit.
Blurb then goes on to detail minor plot specifics, but hey...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll