Mistwalker (Discovery) [Mass Market Paperback]

Denise Lopes Heald (Author)

Book Description

Series: Discovery | Publication Date: June 1, 1994

"Quite and adventure tale, a love story, and a damned good ecological drama!"
ANNE McCAFFREY
The jungles of the planet Ver Day were unforgiving to natives--and death for offworlders. Sled-hauler Sal banks didn't like to have to depend on anyone or anything, but she needed extra muscle to pull a sled on her next cargo run, so she hired Meesha Raschad first and found out he was an offworlder second. Then she was stuck with a heavy cargo load, a late start, and a dangerously inexperienced newbie for a partner. Meanwhile, the govies were trying to make them forfeit the run, for no reason Sal could fdigure. But it had something to do with Raschad--who pulled hard and kept his troubles to himself. Which would have worked fine, except that those troubles soon followed him to the dangers of isolated Tumble Town....

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This book was published at the height of our Del Rey Discovery program for new writers. Denise Lopes Heald offered us an adventure-filled, vivid story of frontier life and frontier power struggles on a harsh jungle planet that hosts lots of strange and dangerous lifeforms. Bugs--big, hungry bugs. Menacing, unpredictable and intelligent tree-dwellers. Swift, winged snakelike things. Aggressive, face-slurping flowers. City-born government administrators... This book just came alive for me. I slogged through the mud with the characters even while I was line-editing the book on my third time through it! We gave it a great jungly cover that conveys the non-stop action of the book.

                                --Ellen Key Harris, Editor, Del Rey Books

From the Inside Flap

"Quite and adventure tale, a love story, and a damned good ecological drama!"
ANNE McCAFFREY
The jungles of the planet Ver Day were unforgiving to natives--and death for offworlders. Sled-hauler Sal banks didn't like to have to depend on anyone or anything, but she needed extra muscle to pull a sled on her next cargo run, so she hired Meesha Raschad first and found out he was an offworlder second. Then she was stuck with a heavy cargo load, a late start, and a dangerously inexperienced newbie for a partner. Meanwhile, the govies were trying to make them forfeit the run, for no reason Sal could fdigure. But it had something to do with Raschad--who pulled hard and kept his troubles to himself. Which would have worked fine, except that those troubles soon followed him to the dangers of isolated Tumble Town....

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Del Rey; reprint? edition (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345388909
• ISBN-13: 978-0345388902
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,438,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rewarding Adventure, November 18, 2002

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Daniel K. West (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mistwalker (Discovery) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have to admit I was reluctant to read this book. My brother-in-law recommended it and knowing his tastes I was a bit hesitant. You see, he reads books by the case and his memory tends to run the stories together a bit, making a recomendation of his somewhat chancy. In this case he was right on the mark. I found the story so engaging that I couldn't put it down. I have re-read the book about 3 times and it gives me the same amount of pleasure as the first. Denise Heald is a voice that I want to hear again, I would love to hear of anything she was working on. It is so rare that a first novel just wows me like this. Sure there are flaws, small ones, but they are more than made up by the original story, the gritty details, the realistic characters, and the very hot love story.
Personally I intend to buy a couple of copies as Christmas presents and one for myself. The truth is, I never did give my Brother-in-laws copy back to him.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I was impressed, an ecological science fiction adventure, July 30, 2001

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"joe_at_glasstaxi_com" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mistwalker (Discovery) (Mass Market Paperback)

Can you imagine having to live in a humid jungle where their is bugs every where including your home. Hopefully your pet lizard will eat them for you. Technology in this world if frowned upon unless it is something like biodegradable. Not only does this story talk about ecology issues, but discrimination issues come up too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ecological adventure to the max!, April 6, 2000

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Cara (Kootenays, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mistwalker (Discovery) (Mass Market Paperback)

Denis Lopes Heald's first book, "Mistwalker", is extremely entertaining and lush with vivid descriptions of the jungle on the planet Ver Day. The 'green', as the 'greenie' Ver Day natives call it, is filled with exotic animals that put Earth's jungle creatures to shame. As well, the government, or 'govies', is another interesting level to the story, and Meesha Raschad's life story and enemies from MB-2 adds another heap of an entertaining plot. I hope that Denise Heald will someday come out with another book, because "Mistwalker" was published by Del Rey Discovery in 1994! Well, let's just wait and see.