Kensho by Dennis Schmidt Paperback Published by ACE SCIENCE FICTION Ace Printing dated 1981 CONDITION - VG GRADING NOTES - Some spine creasing. Crease to left hand side of front cover running parallel to spine. Light spine roll. Small crease and nick to top right hand corner of front cover. Light wear to leading edge of front cover. Light scuffing to front and back cover. Light tanning to interior pages ISSUE NOTES - When the ships from Earth first orbited Kensho the colonists could hardly believe their good fortune: it was a paradise planet. But when the Pilgrims had made their one-way trip to the surface they discovered a hideous threat against which all their technology was helpless: the Mushin, mental entities that drove men to a killing frenzy and fed off the resulting madness. Seven generations would pass before a descendent of the scattered remnant of the destroyed colony wold learn to wield the Weapon that was no weapon, and by discarding Will find the Way that would end the dominance of the Mushin Now two more centuries have passed, and thanks to Jerome the Way-farer the Mushin are a fading memory. But a new threat has arisen: an older form of madness - human greed and lust for power - threatens to undo all the Jerome accomplished. Armies again are marching: for good or ill technology is being rediscovered, men are falling fro the Way. And behind the walls of the Brotherhoods the Mushin are waiting still, on Kensho
