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The Marcella Fragment
by
Anna LaForge (Goodreads Author)
On an empty planet, a city called Pelion is built by former dwellers of Old Earth. Centuries later, the Council of Pelion -- influenced by the prophetic Marcella Fragment -- asks citizens to begin construction of a maze that will be inhabited by ernani (lost souls) brought from the corners of the known world to walk the Path of Preparation.
Two ernani who walk that Path are...more
Two ernani who walk that Path are...more
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Published
February 6th 2012
by Newcal Publishing
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Tutored by a sage but gentle scholar, Tyre of Lapith has reached an age where he must lead men of Lapith on the hunt. Like all his kin, he is a skilled horseman. Bearing secret scars even his tutor can't understand, Tyre rides off to a future that is suddenly changed. The city Pelion draws this young son of a chieftan as it does many sons and daughters from across the planet. At Pelion these ernani are tested with hard work and ritual, fears are confronted and the true understanding of The Maze...more
I've been an SF fan for decades, having started with Heinlein, Clarke and Asimov, and moving over the years to Pournelle, Bova, Niven, Scalzi, McDevitt and others. I'm constantly looking for the best of the newer authors, and I just read The Marcella Fragment by Anna LaForge. If you love a great story where you never tired of feeling the joy and pain of the characters...pick up the book and read it.
The story takes place on an un-named Earthlike world, in a future hundreds, thousands or tens-of-t...more
The story takes place on an un-named Earthlike world, in a future hundreds, thousands or tens-of-t...more
**I received this book free of charge courtesy of Goodreads First Reads Giveaway and the Author who generously sent me a copy to review.**
**This review contains spoilers!**
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I was very much looking forward to reading The Marcella...more
**This review contains spoilers!**
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The Marcella Fragment has everything you could want in escapist, fantasy literature: a complete world full of great characters, great conflict and a great love story. If you’re looking for a book from a feminist perspective but with plenty of action, this is the one.
It combines characters from a patriarchal, misogynist, tribal society with those in a matriarchal, mystical meritocracy who must travel together on the Path of Preparation through the Maze.
It has bloody battles on horseback and ten...more
It combines characters from a patriarchal, misogynist, tribal society with those in a matriarchal, mystical meritocracy who must travel together on the Path of Preparation through the Maze.
It has bloody battles on horseback and ten...more
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About the Author:
Anna LaForge read Tolkien’s "The Lord of the Rings" at fourteen, Asimov’s "Foundation Trilogy" at sixteen, and LeGuin’s "The Left Hand of Darkness" at eighteen, at which time she decided that she, too, wanted to create new worlds. Born in Philadelphia, she has lived throughout the country, from urban centers in the Midwest and Northeast to tiny Andrews,Texas. A former executive di...more
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Anna LaForge read Tolkien’s "The Lord of the Rings" at fourteen, Asimov’s "Foundation Trilogy" at sixteen, and LeGuin’s "The Left Hand of Darkness" at eighteen, at which time she decided that she, too, wanted to create new worlds. Born in Philadelphia, she has lived throughout the country, from urban centers in the Midwest and Northeast to tiny Andrews,Texas. A former executive di...more
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