About this item
Highlights
- Humans don't belong on this world.
- Author(s): Adam Gaylord
- 92 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction
Description
About the Book
Healer Takey has manipulated phee to heal both human and Atipok alike. But when the queen is murdered and her death blamed on a human child capable of pheework, a rift is torn between the two races that could spell the end of humanity.
Book Synopsis
Humans don't belong on this world. The refugees who crash-landed on the Atipok homeworld can't see or touch phee, the elemental power which flows through rock and stone like living rivers of light. From the moment of his hatching, healer Takey has manipulated phee to heal, bending strands to his will to mend muscle and bone for both human and Atipok alike.
But when the Atipok queen is murdered and her death blamed on an orphaned human child capable of pheework, the first of her kind, a rift is torn between the two races that could spell the end of humanity. Anti-human factions seize power and the Atipok army is on the march. Can Takey survive long enough to unravel the strands of conspiracy, protect the child, and broker a peace to avoid genocide without betraying his own people or himself?
Review Quotes
"The Pheeworker's Oath joyfully explores an alien world transformed by the arrival of humans searching for a new home. Gaylord reminds one of Le Guin at her best, gentle and thoughtful by turns." -Elise Tobler, WFA, Hugo, Nebula and Utopia Finalist.
"He had me at matriarchal magic-wielding lizards." - Marie Vibbert, Hugo and Nebula Nominee