Moonfall (Tesseract Book) - Softcover

Spears, Heather

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088878306X ISBN 13: 9780888783066

Publisher: Tesseract Books, 2003

Synopsis

Tasman is born into a world populated by two-headed bicephalic "twins" who share one body. Alone, she struggles for acceptance and becomes the unwitting key to the Earth's salvation, in a poetic and apocalyptic vision of the future where technology exists as a mere remnant of a destroyed world, conjoined twins are the norm and the orbit of the moon is decaying.

About this title

About the Author:

Canadian writer and artist Heather Spears was educated at the University of British Columbia, The Vancouver School of Art, and the University of Copenhagen. As an artist she has held over 75 solo exhibitions and has illustrated numerous books and articles. As an author she has published 7 collections of poetry as well as the Moonfall Trilogy (which is comprised of Moonfall, The Children of Atwar and The Taming).

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Twel felt the warm breath from his brother's mouth and was aware that his own throat was constricted, that he had been holding his breath. He loosed it deliberately.

"I want what she wants. It is no small thing. We are bonded. Yes, I would like it, of course. Would you not?"

Their body, even satisfied and sleepy as it was, responded, answering him.

"We will see what comes of it."

"Not ill, my brother," said Twar into his mouth.

They kissed then which was not so absolutely strange to them, and Twar turned his head aside and slept, but Twel slept with his face against his brother's cheek and their coarse hair half hiding him.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tesseract Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 088878306X
• ISBN 13: 9780888783066
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 239