Daughters of an Amber Noon

Katherine V. Forrest

Publisher: Alyson Publications; 1st ed edition (August 2002)

ISBN-13: 978-1555836634

List Price: $13.95

The lesbian science-fiction classic Daughters of a Coral Dawn told the story of a group of pioneering women who disappeared from Earth and colonized the planet Maternas. But what of their sisters left behind? In the highly anticipated sequel, Katherine Forrest tells the story of a group of women called the Unity, who have vanished from society but are still living on earth. But Earth, repressive before the most accomplished and in-dispensable women disappeared, is now a hellish place ruled by the dictator Theo Zedera, known as Zed, and he is seeking the vanished women with ruthless determination. Among them is Africa Contrera, and as she struggles to build a world safe for women, she is haunted by her past, a past in which she and Zed were close friends, a past where she trusted him and shared the deadly knowledge he now uses to hunt her. Is there hope for this new hidden society of women? However resourceful they may be, can they withstand the savagery of a man who uses their own secrets against them? Just as she did 18 years ago, Katherine Forrest has created a brilliant and breathtaking saga of a divided society and the rebels courageous enough to withstand this brutal new world. 

 Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Nearly 20 years ago, Forrest published a lesbian separatist fantasy, Daughters of a Coral Dawn, in which an extended family of gifted and talented women fled Earth to create a better civilization on a new planet. In this sequel that explores how those who remained on Earth fared, the Unity is in hiding below the ravaged Death Valley desert, while dictator Theo Zedera wipes out whole countries and cities at the least sign of resistance. Zedera is obsessed with finding the women; the Unity is determined to stay hidden and, someday, reappear when the world is safe again. Told by several characters, this book is more sophisticated in its portrayal of characters than its predecessor, and Forrest offers a unique hypothesis about why misogyny exists....Forrest is a beloved writer, and gay/lesbian collections should have the sequel to one of her most influential books. Devon Thomas, Hass MS&L, Ann Arbor, MI

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