Book description
Original and provocative science fiction from an author famed for her
fantasy writings. Subtitle: Lessons Along a Minor String. When the
warrior Wanbli came of age, he cast his lot among the stars and left the
world where he'd been born. Left it, he thought, forever. His odyssey
led him to one ship, then another, and to another still. It brought him
face to face with the far-flung members of the universe's Seven Sentient
peoples. And, finally, it brought him to the colony ship Commitment.
There, Wanbli learned the true purpose of his life--a mission so vital
that it required risking the lives of everyone on the ship and the
future of his home world. His mission meant returning to that world?but
only if he could survive the deadly machinations of those who sought to
stop him. R. A. MacAvoy is a highly acclaimed author of imaginative
and original science fiction and fantasy novels. Her debut novel, TEA
WITH THE BLACK DRAGON, won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New
Writer. She has also written the DAMIANO trilogy, the chronicles of a
wizards young son, set during an alternate history version of the
Italian Renaissance; THE BOOK OF KELLS, and TWISTING THE ROPE, the
highly acclaimed sequel to TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON. She is also the
author of the beloved and much-praised LENS OF THE WORLD trilogy.
