- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Orb Books; 1 edition (Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312866062
- ISBN-13: 978-0312866068
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 14 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,091,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"One of the five best science fiction books of the year."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Well worth the wait...A moving, thoughtful feminist novel set in a gritty and believable dystopian future."--"Kirkus Reviews"
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"Well worth the wait...A moving, thoughtful feminist novel set in a gritty and believable dystopian future."--"Kirkus Reviews"
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In Book One of the Holdfast Chronicles, Aldera the Messenger, along with all other women, is a slave. In Book Two, Aldera the Runner lives in two worlds, both consisting entirely of women. Now in Book Three, "The Furies," Aldera the Conquere leads an army back over the mountains, hoping to end the tyranny and free the slaves she left behind.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A powerful and evocative novel.
2 Mar 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The Furies is a book that makes you think. I found it captivating and couldn' t put it down once I started it. Alldera is a heroin complete with self-doubt and other human failings. Her relationships with Sheel, Eykar Bek and her own people, the Free Fems make for great action and emotion. A totally believable character. I found the Riding Women of the grasslands facinating.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great book
29 Aug 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Hard to believe anyone could find anything in it boring enough to skip through. I tore through it in a day. The characters are especially well drawn and distinct. I don't know how Charnas does it.
The themes aren't wishy-washy and wimpy. Don't you want to yell at the book sometimes? Or at least what the people do and think? Yes. That's good.
Some have found the sequel, "The Conqueror's Child" to be better, or "Motherlines" before it, but this one is in my opinion the the best, most brutal one of the bunch. It's fast and action-packed, one of those great showdowns, vindications, coups de grace, whatever.
Sorry this is a patchy review, I tried!
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
a decent conclusion, but not fulfilling
13 Sep 1995
Format:Hardcover
I received this in hardback as a gift and I'm glad I didn't
spend the money on it. Paperback, I would have bought.
The characters seem less developed and the conclusions a
little too convenient for my tastes.
spend the money on it. Paperback, I would have bought.
The characters seem less developed and the conclusions a
little too convenient for my tastes.
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