Nominee · Locus Awards 2000
The Conqueror's Child
1999 novel by Suzy McKee Charnas
25 years after the landmark publication of Walk to the End of the World, Suzy McKee Charnas has completed her epic tale of the Holdfast.
The Fems were slaves of the men in the Holdfast. When Alldera escaped her slavery, she led a band of rebels to build a world where women rule. Now Sorrel, Alldera's daughter, joins her mother. She brings with her a young boy she has adopted.
The Conqueror's Child completes an epic history of life and love and the war between men and women which will stand for generations to come.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- science fiction
- Pages
- 430
- ISBN
- 9780312869465
- Subjects
- Women soldiers, Feminism, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, LGBTQ gender identity, LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy, collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=winner, Science fiction
Locus Awards 2000
See all →Border Guards
WinnerCryptonomicon
WinnerFar Horizons
WinnerHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
WinnerHuddle
WinnerOrphans of the Helix
WinnerThe Martians
WinnerThe Silk Code
Winnermacs
Winner10¹⁶ to 1
999
A Calculus of Angels
A Civil Campaign
A Deepness in the Sky
A Good Old-fashioned Future
A Hero of the Empire
A Hunger for the Infinite
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
A Martian Romance
A Red Heart of Memories
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Every prize →Late Bloomer
Lowland Sea
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The Conqueror's Child
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Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast
Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast
Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom Beast
The Kingdom of Kevin Malone
WinnerBoobs
WinnerBoobs
Boobs
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