Winner · Otherwise Award 1999
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
Otherwise Award 1999
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