Being a Green Mother

Book Details

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Author(s):

Piers Anthony

First Pub:

1987

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

1999

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 16

1 - Song of the Morning

2 - Hamadryad

3 - Tinka

4 - Quest

5 - Mym

6 - Orlene

7 - Livin' Sludge

8 - Jonah

9 - Llano

10 - Natasha

11 - Song of Day

12 - Song of Evening

13 - Green Mother

14 - Forbidden Song

15 - Chaos

16 - Wedding

Internal ID:

734

Series:

<- Wielding a Red Sword - For Love of Evil ->

Incarnations of Immortality*

#5 of 8

Incarnations of Immortality*

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1) On a Pale Horse
2) Bearing an Hourglass
3) With a Tangled Skein
4) Wielding a Red Sword
5) Being a Green Mother
6) For Love of Evil
7) And Eternity
8) Under a Velvet Cloak

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

She was just a child, but in the dream she was a woman, beautiful, in a bridal gown, walking down a long aisle on the arm of a man she couldn't quite see.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Now it was time for her to learn the office she had assumed and so far neglected - to concentrate on being a Green Mother.

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Added: 02-Jun-2006

Last Updated: 27-Feb-2023

Publications

01-Oct-1988

Ballantine Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Oct-1988

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$4.95

Pages*:

301

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jan 1999 - 1 Jan 1999

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

622

Publisher:

Ballantine Books

ISBN:

0-345-32223-1

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-32223-4

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Michael Whelan - Cover Artist

THE GIFT AND THE CURSE

Orb had a rare gift - the magic which manifested whenever she sang or played her harp. No one could resist her music. But greater magic than Orb's lay in the Llano, the mystic music that controlled all things. The quest for the Llano occupied Orb's life.

Then she me Natasha. He was handsome, charming - and an even finer musician than she. Natasha began teaching Orb the music of the Llano, and she found herself falling in love with him.

Then Orb's mother Niobe came as an aspect of Fate, bearing the news that Orb was chosen for the role of the Incarnation of Nature - the Green Mother. And Niobe warned Orb of the prophecy made years before - that Orb was to marry Evil. Could she be sure that Natasha was not really Satan, the Master of Illusion, laying a trap for her?

HERE IN THIS BRILLIANT FIFTH VOLUME OF THE INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY, PIERS ANTHONY BRINGS HIS SERIES TO A SUSPENSE-FILLED PEAK.

FIRST PAPERBACK PUBLICATION

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Notes and Comments:

First Hardcover Edition: December 1987
First Mass Market Edition: October 1988

Author(s)

Piers Anthony
Birth: 06 Aug 1934 Oxford, England

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