by M.C.A. Hogarth
The Jokka made their debut on the pages of Strange Horizons. Their first short stories made the Tiptree Award's secondary reading list, won a Reader's Choice award and became a finalist for the 2003 Spectrum Awards. And now at last they return in their first full-length novel.
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Born to a harsh world, we Jokka have evolved three sexes to survive:
neuter, male and female. Twice in our lives we may change from one to
another, a change we accept with grace... or resignation. It was our way.
...until one female defied all tradition: Dlane Ashoi-anadi, revolutionary, intentionally childless, runaway. This is not her story. This is mine. I am Thenet Reña-eperu, female-guardian, voice of orthodoxy... and Dlane's first and dearest companion. This is the tale of how we changed each other... and how that changed everything. |