A moving, thoughtful feminist novel set in a gritty and believable dystopian future.
--Kirkus Reviews In Book One of the Holdfast Chronicles, Aldera the Messenger, along with all other women, is a slave.
In Book Two, Aldera the Runner lives in two worlds, both consisting entirely of women.
Now In Book Three, The Furies, Aldera the Conqueror leads an army back over the mountains, hoping to end the tyranny and free the salves she left behind.
About the Author Suzy Mc Kee Charnas is the author of over a dozen works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including the Holdfast series from Tor Books and the Sorcery Hall series of books for young adults.
She is the winner of the Hugo Award (for her short story Boobs) and has won the James Tiptree, Jr.
Award twice, once retrospectively for the first two Holdfast books and then for The Conqueror's Child, final volume of the Holdfast series.
Her recent books include My Father's Ghost, a narrative nonfiction work about her father's old age.
She adapted her novel, The Vampire Tapestry, for the stage in the late 1990s.
She was born and brought up in New York City, the setting for the Sorcery Hall books, and she currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The furies: book three of 'the holdfast chronicles', paperback/suzy mckee charnas
