Southshore

by Sheri S. Tepper

Book Overview

Pamra Don has learned much on the River and has become the visionary leader of a great pilgrimage, carrying the discontent of Northshore to lay at the feet of the Protector of Man. But the native Thraish have at last taken note of Pamra Don and her crusade--and their vengeance will be swift.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031293016X
• ISBN13: 9780312930165
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A trip from death to life

Her task in life is to use magical tears to awaken the dead,and then to work the zombies until their bodies decay and become food for the gods. The horror of her task is ameliorated by her ecstatic relationship with the gods, and her devout belief in the goodness of her work. Like most of Tepper's work, this story investigates a world jeopardized by uncontrolled consumption and disregard for the needs of others. The mysteries that float through the townships: the poisoned wood, the relationship between the gods, the rulers, the awakeners and the dead all come together to create a story filled with suspense. Perhaps the weakest part of the Awakeners story is the end, which seems almost trite when compared to the intricacy and the depth in the rest of the two books.