Returning Creation

Book Details

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Author(s):

Janet Morris

First Pub:

1984

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 9

1 - Chaldra of the Mother

2 - The Lisisons, First and Second

3 - The Context Within Which the Act Is Viewed

4 - Well Arlet

5 - The Feast of Conception

6 - The Cowled One

7 - Beneath the Falls of Santha

8 - My Father's Daughter's Brother

9 - To Stand Along the Shapers

Internal ID:

13953

Series:

The Golden Sword ->

High Couch of Silistra*

#1 of 4

High Couch of Silistra*

A science fiction / fantasy series by Janet Morris.

View this series in the book list

1) Returning Creation
2) The Golden Sword
3) Wind from the Abyss
4) The Carnelian Throne

Copyright:

First Sentence:

I am Estri Hadrath diet Estrazi, former Well-Keepress of Astria on the planet Silistra.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

I have showered in star's breath.

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 26-Feb-2024

Last Updated: 21-Mar-2024

Publications

01-Oct-1984

Baen Enterprises

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Oct-1984

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

291

Catalog ID:

55915-X

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43511

Publisher:

Baen Enterprises

ISBN:

0-671-55915-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-671-55915-1

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Victoria Poyser - Cover Artist

"The amazing and erotic adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in tomorrow's universe."
- FRED POHL

BOOK 1 in
THE HIGH COUCH
OF SIUSTRA Series
RETURNING
CREATION

Long ago the human colonists of Silistra waged a war so vicious that centuries later the planet has not recovered. Men and women alike suffer from infertility - the deadliest legacy of that deadly war. Because the birth rate is so low, the Silistrans value above all the ability to bear children... and their social order is based on the fertility and sexual prowess.

On a planet desperate for population, women hold the keys to power. These are the adventures of Estri, Well-Keepress of Astria and holder of the ultimate seat of control: The High Couch of Silistra.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Baen printing, October 1984

Includes:
Glossary
Silistran Calendar

Author(s)

Janet Morris
Birth: 25 May 1946 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Awards

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