The Book of the River
Electronic book text
Black Current Book 1
The river cuts right across the known world, from the impassable Far Precipices to the sea. The people on one bank are cut off from those on the other, for the black current has the power to stop them crossing.
Only women can travel repeatedly up and down the river, but when Yaleen joins the boating guild and becomes a riverwoman, she is singled out to follow an even more extraordinary path...Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9780575114470
- Author: Ian Watson
- Pub date: 29.09.11
- RRP: $14.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Ian Watson
Ian Watson was born in 1943. He lectured in Tanzania and Tokyo and taught Future Studies at Birmingham Polytechnic. He began publishing SF with Roof Garden Under Saturn for New Worlds in 1969 but it was with the publication of The Embedding in 1973 that he really established himself as a writer of rare power and vision.
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