The Carnelian Throne (The High Couch of the Silestra, #4) [Paperback]

Janet Morris (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 310 pages
• Publisher: Baen; 1ST edition (March 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671559362
• ISBN-13: 978-0671559366
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,794,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Best selling author Janet Morris began writing in 1976 and has since published more than 20 novels, many co-authored with her husband Chris Morris or others. She has contributed short fiction to the shared universe fantasy series Thieves World, in which she created the Sacred Band of Stepsons, a mythical unit of ancient fighters modeled on the Sacred Band of Thebes. She created, orchestrated, and edited the Bangsian fantasy series Heroes in Hell, writing stories for the series as well as co-writing the related novel, The Little Helliad, with Chris Morris. Most of her fiction work has been in the fantasy and science fiction genres, although she has also written historical and other novels. Morris has written, contributed to, or edited several book-length works of non-fiction, as well as papers and articles on nonlethal weapons, developmental military technology and other defense and national security topics.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The shores of which none are empowered to speak, April 27, 2010

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This review is from: The Carnelian Throne (The High Couch of the Silestra, #4) (Paperback)

Estri von Hadrath Estrazi and her lovers, Sereth and Chayin, venture to the shores of which none are empowered to speak. There they find a pure and innocent youth and challenges beyond their wildest dreams. Sexuality and philosophy and riveting story-telling. The first book in this series, High Couch of Silistra, was Morris's very first novel and got a rave review from the New York Times Sunday Review of Books. Read all four of the Silistra series -- High Couch of Silistra, The Golden Sword, Wind from the Abyss (Returning Creation) and The Carnelian Throne. Morris comes to grips with the intimate relationship between between sexuality and power and the ethical and physiological dimlemmas of strong women in a way that stood science-fiction and fantasy on their ears. World building without peer. Sometimes disturbing, and meant to be so. These books have legions of imitators. Don't be fooled. The Estri books are the real thing. These are the ground-breaking novels that created an entire genre.