Sons of Earth
Names: Sons of EarthLos Hijos de la TierraHijos de la Tierraantioperantsthe Sons
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 2 (1)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 55The Sons of Earth is a fanatical antioperant movement begun in Spain; Kieran wants a North American branch to stir up public sentiment against operants.
- Ch 57The Sons of Earth are a movement of self-described normal humans hostile to metapsychic 'heads'; once a furtive fringe, they now wear blue Earth buttons openly in large numbers.
- Ch 58Anti-operant movement claiming worldwide adherents by 1999; it disrupted part of the Eighth Metapsychic Congress in London.
- Ch 59The Sons of Earth movement was deliberately started in the US by Kieran's agents to stir antioperant tension before the election.
- Ch 63The Sons of Earth, an anti-operant movement, lost momentum and moral standing when the Soviet operants were shown to have been a force for good.
- Ch 71The Sons of Earth are bigots who would exploit proof of a secret operant conspiracy to tarnish the operant image.
- Ch 73Kieran's agents will arm and equip local chapters of the Sons of Earth, who would take the blame for the attack.
- Ch 75Antioperant Sons of Earth picketed the Congress all week, chanting 'Off With the Heads'; several hundred rioted Friday night and State Police cleared them.
- Ch 75The local branch of the Sons of Earth is tied to Victor, with a hidden link to the O'Connor empire.
- Ch 76Sons of Earth pickets protested against the Congress all day; police caught infiltrators armed only with paint-pistols.
- Ch 77The antioperant Sons of Earth advance in two groups: about sixty from the crashed X-wings, and over a hundred armed men up the Carriage Road.
Connections
- led byVictor
- created byCarlos María Araña
- has memberNumber 22
- has memberMarcie Nyberg
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 57Confrontation with Number 22
Fred hints at a musher's telepathic rapport with his Malamute and is threatened. They pose as Lapps, learn that he belongs to the Sons of Earth, and flee.
- Book 1 · Ch 63Soviet operants arrested
Kumylzhensky declares war on Islamic nations but delays force. He arrests all Soviet operants as suspected traitors, which later shifts world opinion against anti-operant prejudice.
- Book 1 · Ch 77Victor plans demolition of the chalet
Victor rallies his men at the Gulf Tank and orders covering fire while his demolition crew plants charges to topple the chalet's western half into the ravine.