Synopses & Reviews
The environmentally-themed science fiction classic that's "grand- scale storytelling (Library Journal)." The year is 2073. Earth's climate is faltering and her ecosystems are breaking down. Her burgeoning populations now rely on food and energy supplies imported from colony worlds.
A routine exploratory mission to the planet Fiix finds a world at war with itself, continuously devastated by unpredictable weather patterns. When storms and flooding ruin the Terran base camp and destroy their power and communication links, the explorers must discover what's causing the weather's behavior, not just for the sake of science, but to ensure the expedition's success and survival.
Review
Might be the best science fiction novel of the year
highly recommended.
Locus (for The Wave and the Flame)
The solution that the alien racethe Sawls on Planet Fiixfind for their climate disaster may be our best chance on Planet Earth, too, if we fail to put the clamps on coal emissions in the next few years!
James Hansen, NASA Climate Scientist
The Lears Daughters series has three- dimensional characters, sharp observation, stimulating science, fast action and a love story. It is exceptionally well written, and has what so much science fiction lacksstrong women characters and real soul. Both volumes are highly recommended.
Oxford Times
Review
Synopsis
Set in the future on a distant world, Lears Daughters tackles the issues of global warming, pollution, exploitation of resources, and disastrous climate change. Long out of print, it has been completely rewritten by the authors to reflect the cutting-edge knowledge and research on environmentalism of the twenty-first century.
Synopsis
The second novel in the tetralogy encompasses the years from 913 to 2013, when the shape-shifting dragon Water summons her ally Earth and his human guide, the girl Erde, on a mission to save the planet from environmental destruction.
About the Author
Marjorie B. Kellogg is the author of
The Dragon Quartet, Harmony, and
A Rumor of Angels.
William Rossow is a space scientist with NASA, studying planetary atmospheres and climate.