Jackal Bird follows the terraforming and political evolution of the colony world of Isurus, also called New Foster, where the colonist’s children play a dangerous game designed to indoctrinate them in
Jackal Bird follows the terraforming and political evolution of the colony world of Isurus, also called New Foster, where the colonist’s children play a dangerous game designed to indoctrinate them into an adult life of revolution, political turmoil and cultural upheaval. Intrigue, conflict, and intricate maneuvering are the norms on a world where control means everything, and survival is the most dangerous game of all.
As richly evocative and endlessly inventive as anything by Ursula K. LeGuin..."
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Michael Barley has recently published the novella Woman In The Wood, one of four novellas in a collection titled Seven Days In December. As well as an author, he is a practicing Canadian architect.
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