ISBN-13: 9780997758344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 312 str.
The Carnelian Throne is Volume 4 in Janet Morris' bestselling Silistra Quartet. Still controversial after five decades, this Perseid Press edition has been expanded and revised by the author. Estri is a god, daughter of light. Chayin is a god, son of darkness. Sereth is 'hase-enor, ' son of all flesh. Lovers and friends, could they be the prophesied three who would wield the Sword of Severance, Se'Keroth, and bring light out of dark? -One from the east, born of ease and destined; One from north of south, divine, exempt of question; The third from out the west, astride a tide of death, - quoted Chayin. He was not smiling. It is a long epic. All has been foreseen. We all know that tale's end.- -- Estri Hadrath diet Estrazi in Wind from the Abyss by Janet Morris ***** -Engrossing characters in a marvelous adventure.- -- C. Brown, Locus Magazine ***** -The amazing and exotic adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in tomorrow's universe.- -- Frederik Pohl ***** -The best single example of prostitution used in fantasy is in Janet Morris' Silistra series: High Couch of Silistra (originally entitled Returning Creation), The Golden Sword, Wind from the Abyss, and The Carnelian Throne.- -- Anne K. Kaler, -The Picara: From Hera to Fantasy Heroine.- ***** - ...] today I thought I'd look at one of the most successful fantasy debuts of all time, a series that became a huge international hit with its first release, launching the career of one of the most prolific fantasy writers of the late 20th Century: Janet Morris' The Silistra Quartet. The Silistra Quartet began with Janet's first novel, High Couch of Silistra ...] from Bantam Books in 1977 , ] the far-future tale of the colony planet of Silistra, still recovering from an ancient war that left the planet scarred and much of the population infertile. With a dangerously low birth-rate, it's not long before the human colonists of Silistra develop a new social order, with a hierarchy based on fertility and sexual prowess. -All told, there were four volumes in what came to be known as The Silistra Quartet ...]. -High Couch of Silistra (1977) ...] The Golden Sword (1977) Wind from the Abyss(1978) The Carnelian Throne (1979) -- John O'Neill in Black Gate Adventures in Fantasy Literature