Emergence - La série

From The Journals Of Candidia Smith-Foster: “By now reader probably wondering who or what H. post hominem might be. Or (at very least) me. Viewed in that light, introductions are in order: “Name: Candidia Maria Smith-Foster. Born 11 years ago to Smiths; orphaned six months later; adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Foster—‘Daddy’ and ‘Momma.’ Been known as ‘Candy’ since first breath. “Homo post hominem is new species, apparently immune to all ‘human’ disease, plus smarter, stronger, faster, etc., emerging to inherit Earth after H. sapiens eliminated selves in short, efficient bio-nuclear war. Am myself Homo post hominem. Rode out war in Daddy’s marvelous shelter, now engaged in walkabout, searching for fellow survivors. Of which reader must be one. . . . “Tomorrow morning, though not now. Tired. Disappointed. Perhaps just bad day: too long, too many expectations. Too much letdown. “Never mind. Tomorrow is another day—Pollyanna lives!” The original Emergence novella, Volume I herein, and its sequel, Seeking, Volume II, were published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine. Both earned Nebula Award nominations, Hugo Award nominations, as well as Philip K. Dick Award nominations for best new writer. In addition to those nominations (and coming in second in the final Hugo balloting in 1985), the Emergence novel won the Balticon’s Compton Crook Award for best first novel. (Source : Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press)

Meet Candidia Smith-Foster, Homo post hominem, the next step in Mankind's evolution. She's an eleven-year-old genius with a Black Belt, and last summer she saved all that remained of her struggling new branch of humanity. Since then she's been training under an ex-Mossad assassin. She’s just learned who’s been holding her Daddy and now she knows where they are… In David Palmer's long‑awaited sequel to Emergence, Kid Genius Candidia Smith‑Foster kicks ass from California to the Russian heartland, where evil Nazi wannabes plot the destruction of all that is good and decent. Tom Easton, Reviewer Emeritus, Analog Science Fiction and Fact,Author of Sparrowhawk Nearly 30 years ago, David R. Palmer's startlingly Heinleinesque debut novel created an action‑adventure protagonist who made Die Hard's John McClane look like a wimp amateur…At last she's back, still 11, still adorable, still sudden death with both hands, and this time she's in real trouble. With even higher stakes. (Source : Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press)