Shade [Paperback]

Emily Devenport (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Roc (December 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451450620
• ISBN-13: 978-0451450623
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,342,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have written under three pen names: as Emily Devenport I wrote SHADE, LARISSA, SCORPIANNE, EGGHEADS, THE KRONOS CONDITION, and GODHEADS. As Maggy Thomas I wrote BROKEN TIME, which was nominated for the Philip K. Dick award. As Lee Hogan I wrote BELARUS and ENEMIES. My books have been published in the U.S., the U.K., Israel, and Italy. I just published two Emily Devenport e-books, THE NIGHT SHIFTERS and SPIRITS OF GLORY. They can be read on your kindle -- look for them on amazon! I'm always working on new books, usually two or three at once, so keep checking my page for updates. I live in Arizona, a wonderfully strange place where I enjoy hiking, gardening, rockhounding, and writing. I also review books on amazon as Emily Hogan. (No, I don't have Multiple Personality Disorder -- just Multiple Pen Name Disorder.)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shade grows up tough under alien rule in Deadtown, March 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Shade (Paperback)

Be aware that the language in this book and some of the ideology on prostitution may offend some readers--definite view of sadism given to the Lyrri. Billed as a "survivor at any cost", and with nothing to lose, Shade stows away on an interstellar freighter only to wind up on a planet where anything can be had for the right price. As a young adult with no protection but her attitude and her wits, her talent for reading other people's minds (including aliens!) attracts the wrong kind of attention. At least 3 factions from the recently fought war have their own ideas for using her talents. Which side will she choose, if any?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hungry, dirty, real..., August 11, 2001

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Tatianna the Reader "Tatianna" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shade (Paperback)

Shade was the first one of the Emily Devenport books that I picked up, at the last count I actually had 3 copies of the book. Shade plays out like a true street kid, hungry all the time, almost maniacally looking for a way out and in more need than she can cope with. The way she responds to the aliens in her world is priceless, this is it, this is the book that I have been waiting for AFTER humanity has been introduced to EVERYONE else in the galaxy. No more of this, we are the superior beings because of X... Shade is a delightful read, a true piece of mind candy and the kind of book that I recommend to my friends.

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting first novel, March 18, 2011

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Evan the Dweezil (A Place-Sort Of, Montana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shade (Paperback)

I liked this story even though it didn't always keep me engaged. The journal format didn't seem to work as well as it should have; it rambled and I also had to wonder how a person like Shade could possibly keep up with a handwritten account of her life.

Shade, is a great character with an interesting story to tell. It was satisfying to see her triumph in the end, especially after so many of the people in her life used and abused her.