{"product_id":"9780997758344","title":"The Carnelian Throne","description":"The Carnelian Throne is Volume 4 in Janet Morris' bestselling Silistra Quartet. Still controversial after five decades, this Perseid Press edition has been expanded and revised by the author. \u003cp\u003eEstri is a god, daughter of light.\u003cbr\u003eChayin is a god, son of darkness.\u003cbr\u003eSereth is 'hase-enor,' son of all flesh.\u003cbr\u003eLovers and friends, could they be the prophesied three who would wield the Sword of Severance, Se'Keroth, and bring light out of dark?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One from the east, born of ease and destined; One from north of south, divine, exempt of question; The third from out the west, astride a tide of death,\" quoted Chayin. He was not smiling. It is a long epic. All has been foreseen. We all know that tale's end.\" -- Estri Hadrath diet Estrazi in Wind from the Abyss by Janet Morris\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engrossing characters in a marvelous adventure.\" -- C. Brown, Locus Magazine\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The amazing and exotic adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in tomorrow's universe.\" -- Frederik Pohl\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best single example of prostitution used in fantasy is in Janet Morris' Silistra series: High Couch of Silistra (originally entitled Returning Creation), The Golden Sword, Wind from the Abyss, and The Carnelian Throne.\" -- Anne K. Kaler, \"The Picara: From Hera to Fantasy Heroine.\"\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[...] today I thought I'd look at one of the most successful fantasy debuts of all time, a series that became a huge international hit with its first release, launching the career of one of the most prolific fantasy writers of the late 20th Century: Janet Morris' The Silistra Quartet.\u003cbr\u003e The Silistra Quartet began with Janet's first novel, High Couch of Silistra [...] from Bantam Books in 1977 [,,,] the far-future tale of the colony planet of Silistra, still recovering from an ancient war that left the planet scarred and much of the population infertile. With a dangerously low birth-rate, it's not long before the human colonists of Silistra develop a new social order, with a hierarchy based on fertility and sexual prowess.\u003cbr\u003e \"All told, there were four volumes in what came to be known as The Silistra Quartet [...].\u003cbr\u003e \"High Couch of Silistra (1977) [...] The Golden Sword (1977) Wind from the Abyss(1978) The Carnelian Throne (1979)\u003cbr\u003e -- John O'Neill in Black Gate Adventures in Fantasy Literature\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Perseid Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035038499056,"sku":"9780997758344","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780997758344_p0.jpg?v=1763942778","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997758344","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}