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Cover of The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die

The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die

Stephen Donaldson (1996)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Doorstopper (600+))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.25
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Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

BetrayalBody HorrorGenocideHuman ExperimentationMutationViolenceWar

Positive tags

Redemption ArcSurvivalHope Against Odds

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastMultiple POVs

Tropes

Alien InvasionBetrayal from WithinBody Horror TransformationDesperate Last StandFirst Contact Gone WrongHumanity United Against ThreatMutation PlagueScientific SolutionSpace OperaTraitor Redeemed

Themes

Betrayal and RedemptionSurvival of HumanityScience vs ExtinctionMoral CompromiseSacrifice for the Greater GoodHuman IdentityResistance Against Assimilation

Synopsis

A man betrays the human race to the alien Amnion in return for immortality, but the humans manage to turn the tables. A scheme by the invaders to mutate humans into Amnion is defeated when the humans invent an antidote. By the author of Chaos and Order.

Tags

Space OperaMilitary SFHard Science FictionAlien Invasion