Product Description

People had always told Ofelia what to do; for once she was going to do what she wanted. She refused to get on the cryo ships, refused to leave the only world she could call home. And when they finally came for her, she hid. Now the widow Ofelia is alone, the only remaining settler on an abandoned planet. Then new settlers arrive. At first she fears they have come to reoccupy the settlement she has come to think of as hers - but they land far away. And as Ofelia secretly listens, they are slaughtered to the last child by stone-age aliens no one knew were there.Now it is up to Ofelia to save the aliens from Earth's wrath ...Look out for more information about this title and others at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #164878 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

From the Publisher
REMNANT POPULATION is an acclaimed stand-alone SF novel from the author of the hugely popular Serrano Legacy series.

Praise for Elizabeth Moon

`Brilliant . . . the excitement of high heroic adventure' BOOKWATCH

'A tour de force' JACK McDEVITT

'Absolutely compelling' GREG BEAR

By Elizabeth Moon

The Deed of Paksenarrion
SHEEPFARMER'S DAUGHTER/ DIVIDED ALLEGIANCE/ OATH OF GOLD,

The Legacy of Gird
SURRENDER NONE/ LIAR'S OATH

The Serrano Legacy
HUNTING PARTY/ SPORTING CHANCE/ WINNING COLOURS/ ONCE A HERO/ RULES OF ENGAGEMENT/ CHANGE OF COMMAND/ AGAINST THE ODDS

With Anne McCaffrey
SASSINAK (THE PLANET PIRATES VOLUME 1)
GENERATION WARRIORS (THE PLANET PIRATES VOLUME 2)

About the Author
Elizabeth Moon has degrees in history and biology, and served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. She lives outside of Austin, Texas with her husband and son.

Customer Reviews

A Grandma that you cannot help but admire.
This was a refreshing sci fi/fantasy for me, as you don't see that many stories where the lead character is as old as Ofelia. Unwilling to leave the home that she has built alongside the other colonists, this old lady decides to see out her remaining days alone in the peace of an otherwise uninhabited world - or so she thinks.

Ofelia is the sort of old person that you cannot help but admire. Stubborn, self sufficient and comfortable with her own company, this wonderful character is reborn with the freedom of no longer having to conform with what is expected by society. Suddenly there is no one around to enforce what Ofelia sees as the restrictions of properness. The picture that Elizabeth Moon paints of being able to revert to an Eden where clothing is an optional extra and living on the fruits of one's own labour, is intensely satisfying.

Although I still believe that The Deed of Paksenarrion series has to date been Elizabeth Moon's best work, this is nevertheless a wonderful addition to her list of titles.

Oblique First Contact Novel
The colony was failing, and the Company was going to withdraw, and resettle its colonists elsewhere. But Ofelia has no desire to leave, and so hides out when the Sims Bancorp Cryo ships came to remove the colonists. The Company did not waste time, and Ofelia was left alone with the deserted but effectively operational village. She was elderly but active; not well-educated but bright, and well loaded with common sense and effective wisdom. So she established a one-person (with several sheep and cows - not forgetting the tomato plants) colony. Then, activating the communications array one day, she learns of a new colony arriving - at a different location. This is immediately attacked by native inhabitants, whose existence had not been known. The aboriginals destroy the newly arrived colonial ships. And now the rather simple "Robinson Crusoe" theme is replaced by an unusual
"first contact" story. I feel that going deeper into the story would rob the resder of much enjoyment. Ms Moon has envisaged an unusual approach, some suprising biological arrangements, and not least a neat, albeit not entirely original, solution to the problem she has set. This novel is a "stand alone" work, I would judge.
Companion novels are possible, but a true sequel
unlikely.

Oblique First Contact Novel
The colony was failing, and the Company was going to withdraw, and resettle its colonists elsewhere. But Ofelia has no desire to leave, and so hides out when the Sims Bancorp Cryo ships came to remove the colonists. The Company did not waste time, and Ofelia was left alone with the deserted but effectively operational village. She was elderly but active; not well-educated but bright, and well loaded with common sense and effective wisdom. So she established a one-person (with several sheep and cows - not forgetting the tomato plants) colony. Then, activating the communications array one day, she learns of a new colony arriving - at a different location. This is immediately attacked by native inhabitants, whose existence had not been known. The aboriginals destroy the newly arrived colonial ships. And now the rather simple "Robinson Crusoe" theme is replaced by an unusual
"first contact" story. I feel that going deeper into the story would rob the resder of much enjoyment. Ms Moon has envisaged an unusual approach, some suprising biological arrangements, and not least a neat, albeit not entirely original, solution to the problem she has set. This novel is a "stand alone" work, I would judge.
Companion novels are possible, but a true sequel
unlikely.