Survivor: 4th in the 'Patternist' series of books

Butler, Octavia E

ISBN 10: 0722121016 / ISBN 13: 9780722121016

Published by Sphere Books / Sphere Science Fiction, 1981

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© 1978: 4th in the 'Patternist' series of books. 1st printing of 1981 paperback edition. Text block lightly tanned & '60' price penned to front cover below book title:- Synopsis: Alanna was a wild savage when Jules Verrick's Christian Missionaries caught her stealing from their land. They shot her and would have killed her but for the intervention of the leader of their cult. Jules carried her back to his house, tended her wound and announced that she would become his adopted daughter. He taught Alanna to be human, at least to all outward appearances. But Alanna had plans of her own - and they didn't include becoming human. And as things turned out it was best for Jules, best for his people, and especially best for Alanna. For soon they left Earth and settled on a strange, barbarous planet inhabited by warring tribes of aliens. And in a desperate bid to save the cult from extinction Alanna became something else entirely:- Review(s): "Tautly written. Carries the reader along to a well-orchestrated conclusion" - Vector 90:- (original cost £1.25).

Seller Inventory # 18.004.00235

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Survivor: 4th in the 'Patternist' series of books
• Publisher: Sphere Books / Sphere Science Fiction
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722121016
• ISBN 13: 9780722121016
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Tony Roberts
• Edition: 1981 Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear
• Weight: 0.13 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Know Thy EnemyThey fled from an Earth ravaged by plague and violence, seeking to fulfill their holy mission -- to discover a new home for humanity. But instead of landing in a pace-filled paradise, Earth's Missionaries find themselves caught between two warring civilizations -- the Garkohn and Tehkohn. And only one of the people from Earth, a young girl and "converted" Missionary named Alanna, has the proper survival training to see through the lies of their Garkohn "hosts," who extend the hand of friendship to the humans only to enslave them. Alanna alone can understand the necessity of becoming one with the Tehkohn "enemy." And, perhaps, she can find a way to release the Missionaries from the deadly bondage into which they have complacently fallen. Yet even if she succeeds, will Alanna merely be saving them for a still more inescapable doom . . . ?