The Eye of the Heron
The savage, lawless prison world is called Victoria. The arriving exiles, sworn to nonviolence, are called the People of the Peace. Brutalized and dominated by the City criminals, the People would have broken vows and shed blood if not for one bold young woman.
The savage, lawless prison world is called Victoria. The arriving exiles, sworn to nonviolence, are called the People of the Peace. Brutalized and dominated by the City criminals, the People would have broken vows and shed blood if not for one bold young woman.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780061001383 (0061001384)
Publish date: January 28th 1991
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
20th Century,
Anthologies,
Feminism,
Speculative Fiction,
Short Stories
Victoria is an alien world, colonized through the blood and sweat of convicts and political dissidents. When the men of power push too far, a group dedicated to peace decides en masse to oppose them. A very interesting look at the good and bad aspects of pacifism as a way of life. I wish this was...
The people of the City arrived on the planet Victoria by one-way spaceship, exiled from Earth, convicted criminals. Many years later the People of the Peace arrive in the last such spaceship, also exiled, but by choice. They form a town and call it Shantih, but the people of the City call it Shant...
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