Book description
When the human settlers arrived on Hobbs Land, the native intelligent
specvies, the Owlbrit, were already almost extinct. Before the last one
died, a few years later, the humans had learned a little of their
language, their ideas and theirb religion. It seemed the natural thing
for the settlers to maintain the last Owlbrit temple, with the strange
statue that was its God. When when that God died - disintegrating
overnight - it seemed equally natural to start preparing its
replacement. Maire Manone came to Hobbs Land to escape the harsh
patriachal religion of Voorstod, but Voorstod hasn't forgotten her - or
forgiven her. But the men who arrive on Hobbs Land to find and return
Maire to her homeland haven't taken Hobbs Land's God into account . . .
Sheri S. Tepper is the author of several resoundingly acclaimed novels,
including THE MARGARETS and GIBBON'S DECLINE AND FALL both shortlisted
for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD, A PLAGUE OF ANGELS, SIDESHOW and BEAUTY,
which was voted BEST FANTASY NOVEL OF THE YEAR by readers of LOCUS. She
is one of the few writers to have titles in both the SF and Fantasy
Masterworks lists.
