The focus is on the struggles within the descendants of those who followed Nafai. The central conflict between Nafai and Elemak is represented in their descendants, but takes a back seat in this book. All of the characters from the previous novels (except Shedemei) are long dead. The last book in the Homecoming saga marks a departure from the style and storyline of the previous four. Heeding the dreams below, Shedemei has decided to return to Earth. After hundreds of years, the Oversoul still has not achieved its original purpose: to find the Keeper of Earth, the central intelligence that alone can repair the Oversoul's damaged counterpart at Harmony.īut now, the Keeper has once again begun to spread its influence. After hundreds of years, the descendants of Nafai and Elemak have built cities and towns - yet never forgetting the enmity between the two brothers. The series is a fictionalization of the first few hundred years recorded in the Book of Mormon.įive centuries after the conclusion of Earthfall, there is only one original colonist from Harmony: Shedemei, who now wears the Cloak of the Starmaster (a device that links her to the Oversoul). Earthborn (1995) is a science fiction book by American writer Orson Scott Card, the concluding fifth book of the Homecoming Saga.
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