Intervention - Julian May

If you have previously read Julian May's brilliant 'Saga of the Exiles', or even if you have just read my Op on it, then you may know that there is much more to the story than just the first four books, 'The Many-Coloured Land', 'The Golden Torc', 'The Nonborn King' and 'The Adversary'. While the 'Saga of the Exiles' is an excellent fantasy/Sci-Fi story that can be happily read on its own, it does leave quite a few storylines open, both in the Beginning and in the End - and for anyone eager to find out the truth, 'Intervention' is the next step in the line. Although during the follow-up ...  Read the complete review

Intervention, by Julian May, is a prelude to the Galactic Milieu trilogy, itself a sequel (and prequel) to the earlier Saga of the Exiles. Intervention tells the story of the first generation of the Remillard dynasty, a family with high psychic abilities, in the years just prior to the Galactic Intervention. The story of what happens after the intervention is covered in the aforemention Galactic Milieu trilogy. The basic premise of the book is that Humanity is entering the next phase of it's evolution, the gaining of psychic powers. Once it has done so, and those blessed with such powers have been accepted in to society, humanity will be accepted ...  Read the complete review