Sea Of Silver Light is the final volume of the Otherland saga and
the sequel to Mountain of Black Glass.
Once
the most powerful man in the world with thousands of servants,
Felix Jongleur is now a prisoner in his own virtual reality network,
Otherland.
The terrible price of the network is that thousands of
children have been lost on it, their bodies lying in a coma.
Jongleur had made grotesque attempts to delay death. His ceremony to
become immortal went awry and his ruthless plans were brought to
naught. Highly immoral, he is not as utterly evil as his former servant
Dread who is now the new master of Otherland.
By dint of his psychic
powers he had overpowered the Other and thereby gained control of the
huge network. The ironic thing is that Jongleur had taught him how to
use his powers and had him murder his adversaries. Now, Dread makes
copies of himself, thus creating an army of torturers and murderers. On
top of that, Dread´s sinister plans not only involve the virtual world.
What will happen if he gets access to Jongleur´s finances and
connections in the real world?
Adrift in a virtual world dominated by an immensely huge mountain,
a small group of adventurers is struggling to find the lost children.
They now have to cross a sea of silence and emptiness.This place was
created by the Other, the Grail network´s operating system. Renie and
the others realize that he is in fact a tortured being with telepathic powers.
He had lured the children to him in order to alleviate his loneliness. Now
trying to save them and the children, the Other is becoming weaker and
weaker.
The virtual residents of Otherland are called puppets or replicants.
Renie and the others realize that they have acquired feelings of fear
and hope. Interesting moral questions arise: Do they not also have a
claim on existence?
Olga is a child entertainer from Toronto. Haunted by voices, she is led
to Louisiana. Disguised as a char-woman, she intends to infiltrate the
headquarters of the J Corporation. Olga is given support from Mr.
Sellars- one of the key characters.
In this volume we finally learn why Paul Jonas is held captive in
Otherland. The Twins who have been chasing him since he left the First
World War simulation, are two of Jongleur´s employees in the real
world.The true identity of the bird-woman is solved: Her real name is
Avialle- Jongleur´s daughter.
Sea Of Silver Light features
nicely unexpected twists and revelations. All plot strands will be
resolved. Renie and her friends will eventually learn the questions to
her answers and endeavour to see it through to the end.