The Starbridge Chronicles Series by Paul Park

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  • Soldiers of Paradise (The Starbridge Chronicles #1)
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    Soldiers of Paradise (The Starbridge Chronicles #1)

    Paul Park

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 1987

    Where the seasons last for generations, winter is a hard time suited to hard religion. The theocratic Starbridge caste consider themselves virtuous wardens in a sinners' purgatory, reading infant cries and birthmarks to judge the unpunished crimes of previous incarnations. On the battlefield, all but nobility are denied medicine and anaesthetic. Only the Antinomials have endured winter outside this oppressive social system... more

  • Sugar Rain (The Starbridge Chronicles #2)
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    Sugar Rain (The Starbridge Chronicles #2)

    Paul Park

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 1989

    The second book in the Starbridge Chronicles, SUGAR RAIN relates the stories of Thanakar and Charity Starbridge during the revolution that ended the first book in the series, SOLDIERS OF PARADISE. The generations-long winter has drawn to a close, and with it the power of the tyrannical Starbridge theocracy that maintained order during the years of hunger... more

  • The Sugar Festival (The Starbridge Chronicles #1-2)
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    The Sugar Festival (The Starbridge Chronicles #1-2)

    Paul Park

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 1989

    OmnibusSoldiers of ParadiseWhere the seasons last for generations, hard winter makes for hard religion. The worlds of the solar system are the hells through which all souls must incarnate on their journey to Paradise; all, that is, but the Starbridges, nobles who serve to enforce the "divine will... more

  • The Cult of Loving Kindness (The Starbridge Chronicles #3)
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    The Cult of Loving Kindness (The Starbridge Chronicles #3)

    Paul Park

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 1991

    In the third and final book of the Starbridge Chronicles, THE CULT OF LOVING KINDNESS, more than two generations have passed since the events of SUGAR RAIN, and barren tundra has given way to fecund, steamy jungle at the height of summer. Deep in the forest, a twin boy and girl grow up among a strange race of philosophers, oblivious to the outside world where the secular regime is now as fanatical and orthodox as the old religious one. When their home is invaded, the pair take flight... more

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