{"product_id":"mother-of-eden-9780804138703","title":"Mother of Eden","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"We speak of a mother's love, but we forget her power.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Civilization has come to the alien, sunless planet its inhabitants call Eden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just a few generations ago, the planet's five hundred inhabitants huddled together in the light and warmth of the Forest's lantern trees, afraid to venture out into the cold darkness around them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, humanity has spread across Eden, and two kingdoms have emerged. Both are sustained by violence and dominated by men - and both claim to be the favored children of Gela, the woman who came to Eden long ago on a boat that could cross the stars, and became the mother of them all.\u003cbr\u003e When young Starlight Brooking meets a handsome and powerful man from across Worldpool, she believes he will offer an outlet for her ambition and energy. But she has no inkling that she will become a stand-in for Gela herself, and wear Gela's fabled ring on her own finger--or that in this role, powerful and powerless all at once, she will try to change the course of Eden's history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris Beckett is a university lecturer living in Cambridge, England. His short stories have appeared in such publications as \u003ci\u003eInterzone \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction \u003c\/i\u003eand in numerous \"year's best\" anthologies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453958652178,"sku":"9780804138703","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d5d26dda-85e8-483f-84a5-f09f6c7fefe7.jpg?v=1751986900","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mother-of-eden-9780804138703","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}