Resurrection (book)

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Book No.	3
Author(s)	Richard Hatch and Stan Timmons
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Published	July 1, 2001
ISBN	0743413261
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Resurrection is the third novel in Richard Hatch's continuation of the Original Series, published in July 2001. The novel continues the Fleet's story following the devastating battle at Kirasolia and their return to Kobol.

Plot

Chapter One

The Fleet presses on through the endless darkness, diminished and exhausted after the devastating battle with the Chitain and Cylons. Many families have been shattered by yahren of warfare, leaving orphaned children who grow up hard and fast without respect for authority. Some of these wayward youths are conscripted into the Warriors as an alternative to imprisonment.

The Fleet journeys toward Kirasolia, a distant rumor of a world that might have been visited by the Thirteenth Tribe. Aboard Galactica, Commander Apollo visits the comatose Captain Starbuck, who lies motionless and lifeless following his injuries. Apollo awakens from a nightmare, startling his bodyguard Gar'Tokk.

Chapter Two

Doctor Salik shares with Apollo his research on the QSE technology discovered in the previous novel. The technology could theoretically allow ships to "punch a tunnel" through space, traveling thousands of parsecs instantaneously. Salik's notes explore how time moves in discrete "jumps" rather than smoothly, suggesting it might be possible to push someone forward one "tick" in time, making them temporally out of phase with normal existence.

Chapter Three

Apollo and Gar'Tokk race through the corridors when they receive word from Cassiopeia: Starbuck is awake. Apollo repeats the words over and over, afraid to believe them. He joins Athena, Sheba, President Tigh, and Boomer in the med-unit.

Doctor Wilker warns the group that Starbuck has suffered brain hemorrhaging and may not recognize them. When Apollo approaches Starbuck's med-berth, his friend's eyes are glassy and unfixed, seeing through rather than at him. Apollo wonders if this cruel miracle is truly a blessing. But then Starbuck manages a smile, recognizing Apollo.

Starbuck learns he has been in a coma for over three weeks. Athena remains with Starbuck while Wilker escorts the others from the room, warning Apollo that Starbuck's condition remains very unstable. Athena privately confesses to Starbuck that she almost lost him.

Chapter Four

Dalton sits alone in the med unit waiting hall, struggling with complex feelings about her father. She loves Starbuck but also feels abandoned by him, wondering if she has inherited his difficulty with giving and accepting love. Apollo offers her words of comfort, telling her not to give up.

Chapter Five

After weeks of traveling filled with bickering and dissension, Kirasolia finally looms into view. Athena and Tigh stand on Galactica's bridge as the planet fills the forward viewscreen, with storm systems battering its surface. Apollo joins them, offering a prayer of thanks to the Lords of Kobol and his father's spirit. He orders a scout team to scan for minerals, life forms, and confirm a breathable atmosphere.

Chapter Six

Apollo explores the ancient pyramid temple on Kobol, where he and his father Adama had visited nearly twenty yahren earlier. He follows his feet to the familiar site, clearing his mind to sequence the sigil-runes that open the secret door. Inside, Apollo ignites the four braziers and sits on the marble slab to commune with Adama's spirit and the Lords of Kobol.

He questions whether his role as leader is over and if Commander Cain was always meant to shepherd the Fleet. Apollo teaches Athena about "inner vision," explaining how she must learn to see beyond individual stones to understand the whole pyramid, integrating both logic and intuition.

Chapter Seven

While Starbuck slowly slips away, deteriorating piece by piece, Dalton maintains her vigil at his bedside. Lieutenant Troy watches from the doorway, struggling to comfort Dalton when she insists she doesn't need him there.

Apollo visits the med-unit, where Wilker delivers the grim prognosis that Starbuck's brain has hemorrhaged critically. Apollo stands beside Dalton, feeling as if an era is ending. He studies Starbuck's face, knowing his friend will not see the new world they seek or offer counsel ever again.

Apollo promises Starbuck silently that he will look after Dalton. Meanwhile, Athena returns to the Galactica with Uriah from the archives ship Cerberus, who confirms that the ancient texts prophesying the Fleet's return to Kobol are genuine. This validation strengthens Cain's position in favor of permanent settlement.

Chapter Eight

Troy enters the ODOC bar, hoping to spend time with Dalton during a rare moment of free time. He finds her at a table with a group of young cadets and Warriors gathered around Trays, a blonde, handsome pilot with piercing blue eyes. Dalton seems radiant and happy, but her attention is focused on Trays rather than Troy.

Troy feels a drowning sensation as he realizes Dalton has been spending time with Trays. When Troy confronts her, Dalton angrily tells him that he doesn't own her and demands he stay away. She storms off, leaving Troy wondering when his life slipped so far out of control.

Cassiopeia and Athena share a quiet moment in the med unit waiting hall, drinking beverages and discussing their complicated history with Starbuck. Their caustic, adversarial relationship begins to soften as they support each other through the crisis. Athena jokes that if Cassie calls her "snooty" again, she'll "kick your frackin' ass"—but it's said with humor rather than malice.

Chapter Nine

Following the catastrophic events at Kirasolia, Apollo leads an exploratory team including Athena, Cain, President Tigh, and Gar'Tokk through an ancient pyramid on Kobol. Their guide Talen leads them down a stone staircase that spirals deep beneath the surface.

The stairs descend into an enormous underground cavern containing a mirror city—an exact replica of ancient Kobol preserved for over a thousand yahren. Talen explains that the old city plans were followed precisely. Apollo questions how this is possible when no one survived the Cylon destruction of Kobol. Talen coyly asks, "Are we ghosts?"

Segis, the leader of the caretakers, welcomes the colonials and tells them the city is theirs as children of Kobol. Cain grows increasingly animated about the possibility of reclaiming their homeland. Segis references ancient writings prophesying the Fleet's return.

Athena finds herself siding more with Cain's position than with her brother's, unable to look Apollo in the eye as she realizes her shift in allegiance. Despite the validation of the ancient texts by Uriah, Apollo remains suspicious, noting that the incomplete texts may be as revealing in what they don't say as in what they do.

Chapter Ten

Starbuck continues to slip away as his vital signs fail. Apollo, Athena, Boomer, Sheba, and Tigh gather for a deathwatch. They speak softly, recalling their favorite stories about Starbuck, each memory a variation on the same theme: he was my friend, and I loved him.

The medical monitoring equipment shifts from its calm pinging to a low, strident wail. Cassiopeia efficiently shuts down the equipment as Dalton christens her father's face with bitter tears. Apollo turns and leaves, retreating to his chambers where he drinks from a bottle of ambrosa he and Starbuck had shared on special occasions.

Chapter Eleven

Mourners gather for Starbuck's funeral in the temple inside the ancient pyramid. Apollo chose this location based on intuition, the same place where he had sat praying for guidance the day before. The ceremony is small and intimate, attended only by those who truly knew Starbuck.

President Tigh officiates, speaking from the heart about how Starbuck was a man who loved many and was loved by many more. Dalton sits near the funeral bier with Trays, while Troy maintains his distance. Cassiopeia and Athena comfort each other, crying together.

The Fleet prepares to colonize Kobol. A celebration begins in the underground mirror city, with mead, ambrosa, grog, and ale flowing freely. The first toast is drunk to Adama's memory and to Cain's vision, though Apollo privately notes this isn't how events actually transpired. Young Warriors toast Starbuck's memory, even those who never knew him.

Dalton sits with Trays and his group, drinking heavily as she processes her grief. Trays and his friends recount the battle at Kirasolia, positioning himself as the hero while Starbuck becomes merely a footnote. Troy overhears this revisionist history and walks past, while young Warriors foolishly wish for more action and battle, not understanding that peace is the true goal.

Chapter Twelve

Cassiopeia awakens to find a hooded figure with glowing red eyes standing at the foot of her bed where she sleeps next to Apollo. Before she can scream or wake Apollo, she feels her will being deadened. The evil presence bores into her brain and soul, taking control of her. Cassiopeia stands and embraces this nocturnal visitor as it calls her "Darling."

Meanwhile, Starbuck's funeral ship continues its lonely journey through space, now far from Kobol. Odd pulses of light fill the cockpit. Far ahead, a beacon of light appears, its ray shining through the cold gulf to illuminate the Viper. The funeral ship grows translucent, becoming light itself as it approaches the source of the radiant beam.

The light reveals itself to be a Kobollian Light Ship. The Viper rides the ribbon of light up into the Light Ship, and then both vanish.

In a vision or dream, Apollo finds himself standing in the center of a Cylon attack on Kobol. Raiders fill the sky while Vipers scramble to meet them. Plasma cannons from massive basestars tear through buildings. Apollo doesn't understand why he isn't scrambling for his Viper, why he's letting everyone else face death in his place.

The ground beneath Apollo vanishes and he drops into the caverns below the city. He finds himself standing unharmed in a cavern with the roof miraculously healed above him. Circles of light appear on a path before him, and he follows them deeper into the heart of Kobol.

Chapter Thirteen

Apollo awakens next to Cassiopeia, confused to find himself in an unfamiliar room. Talen stands beside the sleeping module, smiling down at him. She tells him his communications device must be defective—the Quorum and citizens are gathered in the great hall to debate and vote on who will be the new supreme commander of the Fleet.

Apollo protests that the celebration just ended, but Talen explains this is happening now. She leads Apollo and Gar'Tokk through the ancient city. Apollo feels drawn to explore the wreckage of the ancient buildings on the surface rather than the preserved underground city. Talen warns him they don't have much time.

Apollo's meditation in the pyramid is interrupted by a summons from an ancient crystalline city deep beneath Kobol. A glass platform appears at the edge of an abyss. Apollo steps onto it, and the platform glides through the underground sky, weaving between crystalline buildings in a spectacular descent.

The buildings are a techno-organic hybrid, possibly one massive computer system. The platform sets Apollo down in the central area, where he enters the primary control structure. Lights wink at him, and holographic images appear.

A familiar voice addresses him: "Hello, Son." Apollo turns to see a holographic image of his father Adama. The hologram explains that Apollo's brain is being rewired by the ancient technology so he can understand Kobollian texts.

Adama reveals that the colonials' return to Kobol was foretold and by design. What transpires now will determine if the Fleet will be allowed to venture across many universes to find Earth and beyond. Adama confirms that Earth exists.

The hologram warns that the decisions and choices the colonials make on Kobol will seal their futures forever. Apollo's eyes widen as the entire journey of the Thirteenth Tribe lays out before him—stars, nebulae, constellations, all appearing and falling away to be replaced by another universe in rapid succession. He sees numerous planets the Thirteenth Tribe colonized and also sees the Twelve Colonies as they are today: stripped and plundered by Cylons, turned into husks never fit for re-colonization.

Apollo understands viscerally that Cain is wrong if he thinks their purpose is to retake these worlds. They are lost forever, part of the Cylon empire now. The vision expands until Apollo must shut it down before his mind widens too far. He falls into a deep, dreamless sleep.

Chapter Fourteen

While the Fleet sleeps, events continue without Apollo. In the great hall, President Tigh searches everywhere for Apollo, sending cadets to look for him. Cassiopeia confirms Apollo left her compartment almost a centon earlier. Tigh mutters apologies to Apollo wherever he may be and introduces Commander Cain to the assemblage. The applause is thunderous.

Chapter Fifteen

Two hooded acolytes attack Apollo and Gar'Tokk. The Noman fights ferociously, but the cyber-priests are incredibly strong. One grabs Apollo in a crushing embrace. Apollo struggles to reach his sidearm as his ribs threaten to shatter. His hooded companion—revealed to be Starbuck—fires his laser, destroying the acolyte's head.

Apollo blasts the acolyte attacking Gar'Tokk. Starbuck whips off his cowl, grinning at Apollo. Athena, Cassiopeia, and Dalton stare in open-mouthed bewilderment at Starbuck, unable to accept what their eyes show them.

Starbuck kisses Athena dramatically, reminding her "just in case there was any doubt." He explains to Apollo that they were told all colonials are Kobollians, with varying degrees of pure bloodline. All humans have the potential to evolve and "accelerate," though direct descendants of certain houses had more of a head start.

Apollo confronts Segis at the edge of the platform, his laser trained on her. As he watches, her features seem to shift and run—first a woman, then a man, then genderless. Apollo realizes the truth about Segis that his expanded awareness allows him to perceive.

Chapter Sixteen

The Cylon Raider attacks intensify as a flaming asteroid—the destroyed Tylium mine—tumbles toward Kobol's surface. The asteroid's Tylium veins explode, sending massive flaming divots spinning away. Apollo watches in horror, knowing that Athena, Troy, Dalton, and thousands of others died aboard the Fleet when the asteroid exploded.

Starbuck tells Apollo his sister and their children have just died, but Apollo cannot allow himself to mourn—not when they're fighting for survival. He orders the group to keep moving toward the kiosk that leads to the crystal city.

The ancient city's defenses activate. An automated mechanism transports the entire Colonial Fleet underground before the Tylium ignites, saving everyone. Athena and the others wait at the underground shipping port to greet Apollo's team. Apollo embraces his sister, hardly believing she's alive.

Athena explains that the technology preserved beneath Kobol is even more advanced than they imagined—the ancients traversed the universe long before the Twelve Colonies reached deep space. Two Borellian Nomen carry the mortally wounded Gar'Tokk through the crystalline wall. Apollo shouts for them to get him to the med-unit.

Talen warns Apollo that Kobol is preparing to self-destruct in mere microns. Apollo needs to join the Fleet quickly. He starts toward the shuttle but spots Talen standing at the platform's railing with a sad, bittersweet smile.

Chapter Seventeen

Talen tells Apollo that the Fleet's QSE technology has been modified. When Apollo insists he has too many questions, Talen says there is no time—he must join his fleet quickly. The ancient technology has transported everyone to safety, representing the Kobollians' ability to traverse space in ways the colonials cannot comprehend.

Chapter Eighteen

Starbuck feels a cold chill as his squadron approaches the Cylon basestar, which looks disturbingly similar to the Chitain warship he destroyed at the cost of his life. He wonders if the Light Ship above is there not just to view the battle but to collect the souls of Warriors who will die this day. Is his resurrection merely a reprieve rather than a full pardon?

Starbuck tells himself it doesn't matter—whether pardon or reprieve, he was brought back for a purpose. The squadron engages the Cylon Raiders. Starbuck pilots his Viper perilously close between two Raiders, whose lasers destroy each other. However, the maneuver costs him—a Raider's wing slices through his canopy. Plastiglas flies around the cockpit like angry insects, tearing into Starbuck's back, arms, and hands.

Starbuck discovers his head is still attached despite narrowly avoiding decapitation.

Chapter Nineteen

As the Fleet prepares to evacuate Kobol, Apollo races to Galactica's bridge to input the coordinates he received from Adama's hologram. However, the sequence is incomplete—an unfinished symphony. The musical language he heard in his head left him with only partial information.

Athena contacts Apollo telepathically from her own communion with the ancient city. She received coordinates in the same musical language. Apollo hears her memory of the notes in his mind and realizes they fit together perfectly with his own coordinates.

Apollo shouts for the navigators to program the completed coordinates immediately.

Count Iblis watches from the Cylon basestar as Kobol's surface begins to shudder and collapse. The buildings scream and twist as their bedrock vanishes. Huge volcanoes thrust up while tectonic plates convulse. A fissure swallows the ancient city. The pyramids fling themselves apart layer by layer before being consumed.

Iblis prepares to savor the moment of the Fleet's destruction. He orders a Centurion to fire the plasma cannons. His laugh turns into a shriek of thwarted rage as Galactica suddenly shifts to hyperspace, escaping at the last possible micron. Iblis curses Apollo as "Adama-son."

Athena watches death bullet toward her, then suddenly finds herself staring at the shifting view of hyperspace. She laughs with relief at their narrow escape.

Aftermath

The Fleet celebrates their survival and Starbuck's miraculous resurrection with a great feast. Mead, ambrosa, grog, and ale flow in golden rivers. The caretakers have prepared an elaborate meal with fresh game, roasted avion, tender bova, coneth stew, tulupian buds, oglivs, and fine kirasolis.

Children run and play before falling asleep at their parents' feet, representing life's resilience. Later in the evening, Dalton kisses Troy fiercely in front of the assembled Warriors, who pound their approval on the tabletop. Troy pulls her onto his lap and returns the kiss. Trays watches from his table in silence, accepting his defeat.

Cassiopeia informs Apollo that Gar'Tokk will survive his injuries. Apollo kisses the back of her hand in gratitude, surprising her. Cassiopeia responds by kissing Apollo deeply.

Apollo sits with his closest companions—Starbuck, Tigh, Athena, Sheba, Boomer, Phaedra, Bojay, and Cassiopeia. They note with amusement how relaxed he seems. Apollo stands and proposes a toast to Commander Cain's memory and selfless sacrifice.

Using telepathy, Apollo privately tells Athena he's proud of her and that she did a fine job. The celebration continues late into the night with talking, laughing, drinking to absent friends, and sometimes weeping—because endings overlap beginnings.

Epilogue

Alone in his quarters, Baltar sits in darkness, once again cast as the traitor despite honestly trying to do the right thing. Every choice he makes seems destined to turn into betrayal. He will never be trusted again. In the story of his own life, Baltar is the hero—no one ever sees himself as the villain.

As shadows close in around him, Baltar hears a weak, injured, faraway voice from the past that could easily be ignored.

In the Xeric star system, word reaches the Chitain homeworld of the Cylon and Chitain defeat at Kobol. Lord Schikik has apparently been killed in the same fiery armageddon that claimed Lucifer and the alliance armada.

The Chitain plan to lick their wounds while accelerating the rebuilding of their fleet. They plot revenge against the humans but also look with great hunger at the map of the weakened Cylon empire.

The novel concludes with the iconic tagline: "Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny, the last battlestar, Galactica, leads a ragtag, fugitive fleet, on a lonely quest—for a shining planet known as Earth…"

Characters

Returning Characters

• Commander Apollo – Supreme Commander of the Colonial Fleet
• Colonel Athena – Apollo's sister and second-in-command
• Captain Starbuck – Apollo's closest friend, who dies and is resurrected
• Commander Cain – Legendary battlestar commander
• President Tigh – President of the Quorum of Twelve
• Captain Sheba – Cain's daughter and skilled pilot
• Colonel Boomer – Veteran Warrior and training officer
• Cassiopeia – Medical technician and Starbuck's former love
• Lieutenant Dalton – Starbuck and Cassiopeia's daughter
• Lieutenant Troy – Apollo's son
• Gar'Tokk – Borellian Noman warrior sworn to Apollo
• Doctor Wilker – Chief medical officer
• Baltar – Former traitor attempting redemption
• Count Iblis – Malevolent entity seeking revenge
• Phaedra – Boomer's wife
• Bojay – Veteran Warrior
• Lucifer – Cylon IL-series command centurion

New Characters

• Talen – Mysterious guide who leads the colonials into Kobol's underground city
• Segis – Leader of the Kobollian caretakers
• Trays – Brash young pilot who competes with Troy for Dalton's affection
• Uriah – Scholar from the archives ship Cerberus who translates ancient texts

Ships

• Galactica – Last surviving battlestar, commanded by Apollo
• Pegasus – Cain's battlestar, destroyed sacrificially at Kobol
• Daedalus – Battlestar in Apollo's fleet
• Cerberus – Archives ship carrying the Fleet's historical records

Locations

• Kobol – Ancient homeworld of humanity, featuring both surface ruins and an underground mirror city
• Kirasolia – Storm-wracked planet, site of recent battle
• Xeric star system – Location of the Chitain homeworld

Themes

Death and Resurrection

The central theme of the novel is literally embodied in its title. Starbuck's death and resurrection serves as both a literal event and a metaphor for the Fleet's own journey. Just as Starbuck is brought back through ancient Kobollian technology, the Fleet experiences its own form of resurrection through the discovery of Kobol's preserved underground city.

The novel explores various characters' responses to death and loss. Dalton struggles with unresolved feelings about her father, regretting that she never expressed her love before his apparent death. Apollo confronts his inability to save his closest friend, drinking alone in his quarters. Cassiopeia and Athena find common ground through shared grief.

Starbuck's resurrection challenges the characters' understanding of death's finality. His transformation suggests that the ancient Kobollians possessed technology capable of healing and evolving the human body in ways the colonials cannot comprehend.

Destiny and Free Will

The novel wrestles with questions of predestination versus free will. Segis claims that the Fleet's return to Kobol was prophesied and that she manipulated events to bring them there. Apollo's communion with Adama's hologram reinforces that their presence on Kobol is "by design" rather than chance.

However, the hologram also warns that "the decisions and choices you and your people make now will seal your futures forever," suggesting that while certain events may be destined, the colonials retain agency in determining their ultimate fate. The novel presents a nuanced view where prophecy and free will coexist—certain paths may be laid out, but how the characters walk those paths remains their choice.

Baltar's isolation at the novel's end reinforces this theme. Despite trying to do the right thing, he finds himself once again cast as the traitor. His internal monologue reveals that everyone is the hero of their own story, unable to see themselves as the villain. This suggests that character and choice, rather than destiny alone, determine one's path.

Leadership and Loyalty

The political conflict between Apollo and Cain examines different leadership philosophies. Cain represents a pragmatic approach focused on immediate security and the appeal of reclaiming their ancient homeland. Apollo embodies a visionary leadership focused on the longer journey to Earth, even when the path is uncertain.

The novel explores how leadership requires not just making correct decisions, but maintaining support for those decisions. Apollo finds himself increasingly isolated as even his sister Athena sides with Cain's position. President Tigh, caught between loyalty to Apollo and the practical appeal of Cain's proposal, represents the difficulty of supporting unpopular decisions even when they may be correct.

Tigh's comment that "prudence is more valuable than courage" during the crisis reflects the novel's examination of what makes effective leadership. Sometimes leadership means restraining impulses toward heroic action in favor of strategic patience.

Family and Legacy

The novel deeply explores familial relationships and the legacies passed from one generation to the next. Apollo's communion with Adama's holographic image provides comfort and guidance, suggesting that parents continue to influence their children even after death.

Dalton's relationship with Starbuck forms an emotional core of the narrative. Her conflicted feelings—love mixed with resentment over perceived abandonment—reflect the complex reality of imperfect parent-child relationships. Her fear that she may be incapable of loving because of Starbuck's influence demonstrates how parental behavior shapes children's emotional development.

The younger generation, represented by Troy and Dalton, must find their own paths while grappling with the enormous shadows cast by their legendary parents. Troy struggles with living up to Apollo's example, while Dalton fights against always being defined as "Starbuck's daughter."

Evolution and Acceleration

The novel introduces the concept of "acceleration," suggesting that all humans have the potential to evolve beyond their current limitations. Starbuck's resurrection and transformation demonstrate this evolutionary potential, with his body somehow healed and enhanced by ancient Kobollian technology.

Apollo's experience in the crystalline city, where his brain is "rewired" to understand ancient texts, represents another form of acceleration. This suggests that the divide between the ancients and the colonials may not be as great as presumed—the technology exists to unlock latent human potential.

The concept ties into the larger themes of destiny and evolution. The colonials are not just searching for Earth; they are on a journey of transformation, becoming something more than they were when they fled the Twelve Colonies.

Redemption and Betrayal

Baltar's isolation at the novel's conclusion reinforces the difficulty of redemption. Despite his attempts to do the right thing, he finds himself once again cast as the traitor. His internal observation that "every choice he made seemed to be foredoomed, destined to turn into betrayal" suggests that past actions can create a gravitational pull that makes change difficult.

The novel examines how communities decide who can be redeemed and who remains forever marked by their past. Apollo's suspicion of anything connected to Baltar, regardless of apparent divine providence, shows how difficult it is to trust someone who has betrayed that trust before.

Count Iblis's continued pursuit of revenge provides a dark mirror to Baltar's situation. While Baltar seeks redemption, Iblis embraces malevolence, suggesting that the choice between redemption and continued betrayal remains a personal one.

Continuity Notes

• The novel reveals that Starbuck's daughter Dalton is the youngest Warrior and youngest pilot in the history of the Colonial Fleet, breaking Troy's previous record. This information is not presented in Resurrection but is mentioned in the preceding novel Armageddon.

• The relationship between Cassiopeia and Athena, historically adversarial due to their competition for Starbuck's affections, begins to heal in this novel as they support each other through his death.

• Gar'Tokk, the Borellian Noman introduced in Warhawk, suffers critical injuries during the events on Kobol but survives.

• The crystalline underground city beneath Kobol represents technology far more advanced than anything the colonials possess, including the recently acquired QSE technology from Warhawk.

• Apollo's telepathic abilities continue to develop, allowing him to communicate directly with Athena's mind. This builds on abilities first introduced in Armageddon.

• The novel confirms that Earth exists and is not merely a myth, with Adama's hologram stating it is part of the colonials' destined path.

• Commander Cain's death occurs off-page, with only the aftermath shown. The novel indicates he died in a "fiery armageddon" along with Pegasus during the battle at Kobol.

• Count Iblis's continued survival and pursuit of the Fleet sets up future conflicts. His ability to terrify even emotionless Cylons suggests powers beyond normal understanding.

• The Chitain, introduced as allies of the Cylons in previous novels, now view the weakened Cylon Empire with opportunistic interest following their mutual defeat at Kobol.

• Lucifer's apparent death in the battle is mentioned but not confirmed, leaving open the possibility of his survival.

Development

Like the previous novels in the series, Resurrection continues Richard Hatch's vision of what might have followed the original Battlestar Galactica series. The novel deepens the mythology established in Armageddon and Warhawk, particularly regarding the Lords of Kobol and ancient Kobollian civilization.

The title "Resurrection" operates on multiple levels—literally referring to Starbuck's return from death, metaphorically describing the Fleet's discovery of preserved Kobollian culture, and thematically representing the possibility of redemption and renewal even after devastating loss.

The novel's exploration of Apollo and Athena's developing telepathic connection builds on concepts introduced earlier in the series, suggesting that the Kobollian heritage provides more than just technological knowledge—it unlocks latent abilities within the colonials themselves.