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old-one-deception
The Old One fabricated evidence and manipulated records to mask its true intentions and activities, including the creation of false memories in Pham Nuwen.
1 chapter across 1 book
A Fire Upon the Deep (2002)Vernor Vinge
Chapter 19
Ravna wakes from a rare peaceful sleep to receive urgent calls from the Skroderiders and Grondr, revealing that a high-level search for refugees is underway and that the mysterious 'Old One' has manipulated records and communications to deceive the Relay Org. The chapter explores the implications of encountering a Power, embodied in the figure of Pham Nuwen, and Ravna's complex emotions of anger, fear, and awe at the cosmic scale of these events.