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Icarus is a post-apocalyptic novel by Roger Levy. It follows the establishment and rebellion of two extrasolar colonies, one and the desert planet of Haven, and another on the tropical paradise of Haze.

Plot summary
Events in Icarus are seen through the eyes of four characters: Milton Parker, a charlatan-philanthropist; Quill, a miner on Haven; Mexi, a young woman training to become part of Haven's propaganda division; and Martin, a child soldier from Haze who was sent to Haven.

Milton Parker is a preacher who becomes famous for "healing" congregants with the power of prayer, while secretly using specially designed medicines and slight-of-hand. He establishes a massive medical research foundation with the donations he receives from his public demonstrations in an effort to find a cure for his quadriplegic wife, Mary Trulove. In doing so Milton accrues great political power, and begins funding colonization projects to the desert planet of Haven, and tropical paradise of Haze.

Milton leaves Earth, which will soon become uninhabitable, for Haze, but becomes increasingly paranoid of being betrayed. He then attempts to destroy the colony on Haven, but ultimately establishes a puppet government. On Haze Milton creates a society with brutal population controls and a strict caste system, believing that by eliminating choice, he can eliminate sin.

Milton creates an agency called Fact on Haven, which suppresses all references to Haven's origination from Earth. Quill discovers an archived copy of the history of Earth, and he, Mexi, and Martin evade the authorities on Haven by fleeing to Haze. There, they join a rebellion organized by Mary, and depose Milton, who has been been using cryogenic freezing to keep himself alive for several hundred years.

Category:2006 novels Category:American young adult novels Category:21st-century American novels Category:2000s fantasy novels