The Sky Woman: Reclaimed Earth, cartea 1
Autor J.D. Moyer Narator Laurence Bouvarden Limba Engleză Audio – 5 sep 2018
Reclaimed Earth Book 1
Car-En, a ringstation anthropologist on her first Earth field assignment, observes a Viking-like village in the Harz mountains. As Car-En secretly observes the Happdal villagers, she begins to see them as more than research subjects (especially Esper, a handsome bow-hunter). When Esper’s sister is taken by an otherworldly sword-wielding white-haired man, she can no longer stand by as a passive witness. Knowing the decision might end her career, she cuts off communication with her advisor and pursues the abductor into the mountains.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781787580848
ISBN-10: 1787580849
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Flame Tree Audio
Colecția FLAME TREE PRESS
Seria Reclaimed Earth
Locul publicării:New York, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1787580849
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Flame Tree Audio
Colecția FLAME TREE PRESS
Seria Reclaimed Earth
Locul publicării:New York, United Kingdom
Descriere
In
the
early
28th
century,
Earth
is
mostly
depopulated
due
to
natural
population
decline,
the
gradual
unraveling
of
global
civilization,
and
the
catastrophic
eruption
of
a
Mediterranean
supervolcano.
Progressive
scientific
culture
lives
on
among
orbiting
ringstations,
descendants
of
early
pioneers
who
rejected
terrestrial
life
in
favor
of
contained
biomes
and
well-organized,
collective
societies.
One
of
these
ringstations
is
The
Stanford.Car-En,
an
anthropologist
from
The
Stanford
on
her
first
Earth
field
assignment,
observes
a
Viking-like
village
in
the
Harz
mountains
of
what
was
once
Germany.
Many
of
the
villagers
die
in
mid-life
due
to
a
mysterious
disease.
Car-En
violates
the
department’s
official
policy
of
Non-Interventionism
to
help
the
denizens
of
Happdal,
defying
and
infuriating
her
over-controlling
advisor
Adrian
Vanderplotz.Car-En
witnesses
Katja,
a
villager,
kidnapped
by
a
strange
white-haired
man.
The
villagers
believe
Katja
has
been
captured
by
the
forest
gast,
an
evil
body-thieving
sprite.
Katja's
brothers
Trond
(the
village
smith)
and
Esper
(a
sharp-eyed
hunter),
track
the
gast
along
the
river
Nyr
Begna.
Trond
is
captured
by
gigantic
mutant
humans
and
nearly
cooked
alive.
Car-En
and
Esper
rescue
Trond,
and
the
anthropologist
falls
in
love
with
the
handsome
hunter.Car-En
attempts
to
help
the
villagers,
but
they
are
suspicious,
and
her
efforts
are
further
thwarted
by
her
increasingly
unhinged
academic
advisor.
Katja
is
still
missing,
trapped
in
a
virtual
prison-paradise
within
the
mind
of
the
gast,
a
centuries-old
bodysnatching
parasite
(where
she
meets
one
of
her
ancestors,
and
conspires
to
escape).
Happdal
is
under
threat
of
raid
from
neighboring
village
Kaldbrek,
led
by
the
bloodthirsty
jarl
Haakon.
Meanwhile,
on
The
Stanford,
Adrian
attempts
to
manipulate
the
other
members
of
the
Repopulation
Council
into
accepting
his
plan
for
a
research
station
which
he
secretly
intends
to
develop
into
a
permanent
settlement
(which
would
violate
treaties
with
the
other
orbiting
habitats).
Ultimately,
Car-En
chooses
her
home,
and
the
secret
of
the
gast
is
revealed.FLAME
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PRESS
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the
new
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of
Flame
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Launching
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2018
the
list
brings
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brilliant
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and
the
more
established;
the
award
winners,
and
exciting,
original
voices.
Notă biografică
J.D.
Moyer lives
in
Oakland,
California,
with
his
wife,
daughter,
and
mystery-breed
dog.
He
writes
science
fiction,
produces
electronic
music
in
two
groups
(Jondi
&
Spesh
and
Momu),
runs
a
record
label
(Loöq
Records),
and
blogs
at
jdmoyer.com.
His
previous
occupations
include
dolphin
cognition
researcher,
martial
arts
instructor,
Renaissance
Faire
actor,
dance
music
event
promoter,
and
DJ.
His favorite authors include Iain Banks, Octavia Butler, William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson, Margaret Atwood, and David Mitchell.
His short stories have appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, The InterGalactic Medicine Show, Cosmic Roots And Eldritch Shores, and Compelling Science Fiction. His novelette The Icelandic Cure won the 2016 Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction contest. His debut science fiction novel The Sky Woman was published by FLAME TREE PRESS in 2018.
Recurring themes in his fiction include genetic engineering, the sociological effects of climate change, virtualized consciousness, and evolutionary divergence.
His favorite authors include Iain Banks, Octavia Butler, William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson, Margaret Atwood, and David Mitchell.
His short stories have appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, The InterGalactic Medicine Show, Cosmic Roots And Eldritch Shores, and Compelling Science Fiction. His novelette The Icelandic Cure won the 2016 Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction contest. His debut science fiction novel The Sky Woman was published by FLAME TREE PRESS in 2018.
Recurring themes in his fiction include genetic engineering, the sociological effects of climate change, virtualized consciousness, and evolutionary divergence.
Recenzii
"...wildly
imaginative
and
totally
entertaining.
J.D.
Moyer,
you
have
yourself
a
new
fan."
"...a wonderfully entertaining debut novel."
"The Sky Woman scores on so many points. Great characters (I include the ostensible bad guy Adrian), several intertwining complex stories, a highly imaginative future Earth for a setting and the possibility of exciting future instalments."
"The Sky Woman is an interesting blend of historical and sci-fi elements, that really brings a rather unique voice to the genre."
"Moyer has created an incredible and detailed vision of Earth's future that I found original and refreshing."
"A well-told story reminiscent of Ursula K. LeGuin or Karen Lord, The Sky Woman is definitely worth picking up."
"...a wonderfully entertaining debut novel."
"The Sky Woman scores on so many points. Great characters (I include the ostensible bad guy Adrian), several intertwining complex stories, a highly imaginative future Earth for a setting and the possibility of exciting future instalments."
"The Sky Woman is an interesting blend of historical and sci-fi elements, that really brings a rather unique voice to the genre."
"Moyer has created an incredible and detailed vision of Earth's future that I found original and refreshing."
"A well-told story reminiscent of Ursula K. LeGuin or Karen Lord, The Sky Woman is definitely worth picking up."