ERE Informatique was one of the first French video game companies, founded in 1981 by Philippe Ulrich and Emmanuel Viau. The company hired freelance game programmers that received royalties for their creations. Initially, the company published titles for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum and Oric home computers. In 1984 they published their first national hit, a flight simulator created by Marc André Rampon: Intercepteur Cobalt for Sinclair ZX81 and Spectrum, also known under the name of Mission Delta for Oric, Amstrad and Thomson MO5. Rampon also acquired some shares of the company owned by Viau and established the company's first distribution network.
Their first international hit, topping many international sales list for several months, was Macadam Bumper (1985), a pinball simulation programmed by Rémi Herbulot, a self-taught ex-employee of Valeo living in Caen. This and several later titles were distributed (and labelled) by PSS in the United Kingdom, thanks to a mutual distribution agreement.
The following is a list of characters featured in The Saga of Shadows, a forthcoming trilogy of science fiction novels written by Kevin J. Anderson. The first novel, The Dark Between the Stars, was released by Tor Books on June 3, 2014.
For characters from Anderson's preceding novel series The Saga of Seven Suns (2002-2008), see List of The Saga of Seven Suns characters.
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In the series, the human race has colonized multiple planets in the Spiral Arm. Since the dissolution of the corrupt Terran Hanseatic League, human civilization is allied under the Confederation, currently ruled by King Peter and Queen Estarra of Theroc. This planet's "green priests" are able to commune with the semi-sentient worldtrees and communicate telepathically across space when touching a treeling, making them indispensable for instantaneous communication across the galaxy.
In the series, the Roamers are clans of industrious humans once living a clandestine existence in the fringes of space, but now allied with planet-bound colonies under the Confederation. Managing a profitable economy centered on the sale of the valuable stardrive fuel ekti and other commodities, the Roamers are still adjusting to their new place in the Confederation while trying to maintain their independence and historical culture.
Feel the beat - hear the sound
Feeling so excited
Blazing eyes all around
Are watching me this night
Fade away reality
Feeling like a child
Another world that set me free
My heart is beating wild
Larger than life
All these days and this nights
Bathing in fame and in glory
Larger than life
You wanna see in my eyes
A hero, an idol for you
...I'm larger than life
All the towns I've seen
Many unknown places
Yellow, red, bland and white
All the foreign faces
Countries all around the world
Borders lost their meaning
Supersonic aeroplanes
We sat inside and dreaming
Larger than life
All these days and this nights
Bathing in fame and in glory
Larger than life
All that you see in my eyes
Am I really an idol
Am I - larger than life?
Blazing eyes!
All your looks let me live and survive
And you - you keep me alive.
You're dreaming and screaming