{"product_id":"the-ghost-sister-9798337206868","title":"The Ghost Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Liz Williams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Open Road Media Science \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Open Road Media Science \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Crime \u0026amp; Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFar-future humans confront long-held ideas about nature and themselves in the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated novel from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Poison Master\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the planet Monde D'Isle, Mevennen ai Mordha is an outcast, a \"landblind\" person who can't feel the energy under the earth or the pull of the tides. Her ailment is a weakness, leaving her at risk of being harmed, even by members of her own family. For on Monde D'Isle, only the strong survive . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a crew from humanity's tamed and civilized homeland, Irie St. Syre, has been sent to investigate this ancient human colony. The last transmission received from the settlement--before it was apparently abandoned by its visionary leader--described the world as cursed. On board is Shu Gho, a writer of myths and folktales and a descendent of one of the original colonists. She has traveled over a hundred years to learn of its fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of finding a terraformed habitat, the crew is shocked to find a bleak, unwelcoming landscape. And when Shu meets Mevennen and her family, she is drawn into the mysterious evolution of these not-quite-human people--with their clawed hands, fierce connection to nature, and predatory bloodlust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, the two women embark on a quest to do right by a world that neither truly understands, while the danger of human intervention--past and present--threatens them all . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Williams addresses difficult moral and ethical questions in a compelling novel concerned with genetic engineering and a people's struggle to transcend their limitations.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thoughtful, absorbing novel with fully realized characters and dramatic descriptive passages, intelligently staged by an exceptional writer.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInfinity Plus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media Science \u0026 Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47967766839447,"sku":"9798337206868","price":1708.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798337206868.webp?v=1782915588","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-ghost-sister-9798337206868","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}