{"product_id":"glory-season-paperback","title":"Glory Season - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Brin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman faces danger on the high seas of another planet--and a mystery that will change her world--in this adventure by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStartide Rising\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On Planet Stratos, clans of genetically identical females dominate society. Natural conceptions are permitted, but only in summertime. Girls born this way--known for their despised uniqueness as 'vars'--must leave their clan homes to pursue their own distinct and hazardous fortunes in this world owned by clones. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That time has come for Maia and her sister, Leie, but as variants, they have limited prospects. Worse, when the sisters do find work on trading vessels, Leie is lost at sea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And hence, Maia's arduous journey commences, accompanied by rumors that something . . . someone . . . has arrived from across the stars, perhaps ending the isolation of Stratos from the rest of humanity. Who would predict that a lonely var might stumble into a powerful secret? One that will challenge everything Maia knows about her society--and threatens the scientifically-engineered balance that holds it all together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"One of the most important SF novels of the year.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"A rousing adventure story . . . brimming with surprises both wonderful and harrowing.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe San Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGlory Season\u003c\/i\u003e offers thrills, chills, political intrigue, and other good scientifictional fun, along with yet another round in the battle of the sexes.\" --\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brin's prose echoes the influence of Asimov, Frank Herbert, and Aldous Huxley. . . . His world is so painstakingly drawn and is splashed with such radiant and varied hues.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin is one of the most eloquent, imaginative voices in science fiction. Now he returns with a new novel rich in texture, universal in theme, monumental in scope--pushing the genre to new heights. \u003cbr\u003eYoung Maia is fast approaching a turning point in her life. As a half-caste var, she must leave the clan home of her privileged half sisters and seek her fortune in the world. With her twin sister, Leie, she searches the docks of Port Sanger for an apprenticeship aboard the vessels that sail the trade routes of the Stratoin oceans. \u003cbr\u003eOn her far-reaching, perilous journey of discovery, Maia will endure hardship and hunger, imprisonment and loneliness, bloody battles with pirates and separation from her twin. And along the way, she will meet a traveler who has come an unimaginable distance--and who threatens the delicate balance of the Stratoins' carefully maintained, perfect society.... \u003cbr\u003eBoth exciting and insightful, \"Glory Season is a major novel, a transcendent saga of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Brin is an astrophysicist whose international-bestselling novels include \u003ci\u003eEarth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Existence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Startide Rising\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Postman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into a film in 1998. Brin serves on several advisory boards, including NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, or NIAC, and speaks or consults on topics ranging from AI, SETI, privacy, and invention to national security. His nonfiction book about the information age, \u003ci\u003eThe Transparent Society\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. Brin's latest nonfiction work is \u003ci\u003ePolemical Judo\u003c\/i\u003e. 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