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For centuries, the Brakrathi women have mastered the sunstones, using their power to warm and enrich their people. While these stonekeepers tend their stonehalls and valleys, other civilizations—such as the arrogant Arnimi, who study everything but lack understanding of the human soul, and the Benderzic, who harvest information from child informants to sell to the highest bidder—traverse the spaces between the stars with less benevolent motives. The arrival of Darkchild heralds a turning point, marking the end of an era and the beginning of transformative change.
First publish date: 1982
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Sydney J. Van Scyoc
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