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C.S. Friedman


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Science Fiction & Fantasy


Celia S. Friedman is a science fiction and fantasy author. She has also been credited Celia S. Friedman and Celia Friedman. ...more

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NIGHTBORN: COLDFIRE RISING

DAW Books – 2023
ISBN: 9780756410926
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A prequel to the lauded Coldfire trilogy, Friedman’s latest novel mixes the best of dark fantasy and chilling sci-fi.

A ship full of colonists arrive on a seemingly hospitable planet, only to discover that it harbors a terrifying secret. Soon the settlers find themselves caught up in a desperate battle for survival against the

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Average rating: 4.01 · 67,887 ratings · 2,944 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors
Black Sun Rising (The Coldf...
3.94 avg rating — 18,542 ratings — published 1991 — 36 editions
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Crown of Shadows (The Coldf...
4.17 avg rating — 12,409 ratings — published 1995 — 22 editions
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When True Night Falls (The ...
4.14 avg rating — 9,977 ratings — published 1993 — 28 editions
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Feast of Souls (The Magiste...
3.90 avg rating — 5,704 ratings — published 2007 — 29 editions
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This Alien Shore (The Outwo...
4.05 avg rating — 3,855 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions
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Wings of Wrath (The Magiste...
3.95 avg rating — 3,698 ratings — published 2009 — 23 editions
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4.04 avg rating — 2,739 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions
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3.89 avg rating — 2,826 ratings — published 1987 — 17 editions
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3.68 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions
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Series by C.S. Friedman

Nightborn: Coldfire Rising Black Sun Rising When True Night Falls Crown of Shadows
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Feast of Souls Wings of Wrath Legacy of Kings
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This Alien Shore This Virtual Night
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In Conquest Born The Wilding
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Dreamwalker Dreamseeker Dreamweaver
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“I sold my soul for knowledge of the future, only to have that very pact render me forever ignorant (Gerald Tarrant).”
― C.S. Friedman, When True Night Falls
tags: knowledge, pact, soul
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“Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by his first contact with a culture that does.”
― C.S. Friedman, In Conquest Born
tags: political-science, sci-fi
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“Tomorrow could not get better if one failed to survive today.”
― C.S. Friedman, Feast of Souls
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Polls

March Science Fiction: This poll decides which 2 books move on the the run-off poll for March SF Book of the Month!

 
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  5 votes, 11.9%

 
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  2 votes, 4.8%

 
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