ISBN-13: 9781312710092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 510 str.
A sports odyssey about a planet whose water-borne, raft-dwelling peoples must compete in globe-girding rowing regattas in order to win the right to reproduce.Failure to win means facing the ""Long Death"" of extinction. But more than telling of a fight for survival, The Hardn-Back tells a love story whose timeless dimensions of devotion and sacrifice reach beyond the boundaries of survival itself.