Island in the Lake

by Ardath Mayhar

United in their struggle for survival and bound together by tradition, a tribe in the harsh lands of present-day eastern Texas is nonetheless profoundly affected by the arrival of an outsider. Original.

Genres: Prehistoric

272 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1993

About the author

Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar was an American writer and poet. She began writing science fiction in 1979 after returning with her family to Texas from Oregon. She was nominated for the Mark Twain Award, and won the Balrog Award for a horror narrative poem in Masques I.

She had numerous other nominations for awards in almost every fiction genre, and won many awards for poetry. In 2008 she was honored by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as an Author Emeritus.

Mayhar wrote over 60 books ranging from science fiction to horror to young adult to historical to westerns; with some work under the pseudonyms Frank Cannon, Frances Hurst, John Killdeer, Ardath P. Mayhar. Joe R. Lansdale wrote simply: "Ardath Mayhar writes damn fine books!"

Reviews

[Jerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this. My interest was held throughout the entire book. I think it is well worth reading.

[Samaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Over-all an interesting read, though I found myself skimming - reading the first sentence of most paragraphs, vs all of the details. That was enough to give me the gist of the story.