# Rejoice, a knife to the heart

**Author(s):** Steven Erikson
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**Genres:** first-contact, sci-fi
**Pages:** 430
**Publisher:** Orion Publishing Group, Limited
**Published:** Mon Jan 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781773740126
**ISBN-10:** 1773740121
**ASIN:** B07HRXWK36
**Amazon categories:** Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Political
**Amazon binding:** $19.92
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/rejoice-a-knife-to-the-heart

## Description

"Imagine a First Contact without contact, and an alien arrival where no aliens show up. Imagine the sudden appearance of exclusion zones all over the planet, into which no humans are allowed. Imagine an end to all violence, from the schoolyard bully to nations at war. Imagine an end to borders, an end to all crime. Imagine a world where hate has no outlet and the only harm one can do is to oneself. Leaders of governments are not in the loop. Scientists have no answers. The military's hardware has stopped working. We're calling, but ET's not answering. Imagine a world transformed, but with no guidance and no hint of what's coming next. What would you do? How would you feel? What questions can you ask - what questions dare you ask - when the only possible answers come from the all-too-human face in your mirror? On the day of First Contact, it won't be about them. It will be about us."--

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**Themes:** First Contact