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The Visitor

By Sheri S. Tepper

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780380821006

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The "magic" that once was America died horribly along with most of the Earth's inhabitants when an asteroid crashed into the planet sometime during the twenty-first century. Hundreds of years have passed, and all that remains of the time before are fragmented memories distorted by superstition --Continue

The "magic" that once was America died horribly along with most of the Earth's inhabitants when an asteroid crashed into the planet sometime during the twenty-first century. Hundreds of years have passed, and all that remains of the time before are fragmented memories distorted by superstition -- as a tragically reduced populace suffers greatly under the tyranny of a repressive ruling order. But destiny has chosen Dismé Latimer to lead a wasted world out of the darkness ... with a book. Written by a courageous scientist ancestor, it is a sacred, unsettling tome rife with disturbing ideas and revelations ... and an impossible hope that compels a gentle, troubled young woman to abandon her abusive home in search of truth and her true self. But common "wisdom" and lore warn of grave dangers out in the world. Evil is there, a malevolence beyond imagining. And in the depths of the Earth, a gargantuan beast asleep for centuries has begun to stir ...

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  • The Best Reviews: Sheri S. Tepper, The Visitor

    "A sci-fi retelling of the Cinderella tale" Her older stepsister Rashel, who cares nothing about her except to insure she does not get in her way, raises (a loose verb for Cinderella-like slavery) Disme Latimer following the strange deaths of family ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • The Visitor

    A partly good novel that is overburdened with ideas, plotting and writing to its detriment. There are very much two parts to it. The first is an intricate realisation of humankind recovering from a global catastrophe, seen in large part through the e ... (read full critics)

    infinityplus published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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  • English Books
  • Mass Market Paperback 512 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0380821001
  • ISBN-13: 9780380821006
  • Publisher: Eos
  • Pub date: May 01, 2003
  • Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and Others
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