High Couch of Silistra By Janet Morris

“Engrossing characters in
a marvelous adventure.” – Charles N. Brown, Locus Magazine

“The amazing and erotic adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in
tomorrow’s universe” – Frederik Pohl

I was high-couch in the
greatest house of pleasure in the civilized stars.

“We are all
bound,” is the great truth of Silistra: Bound by biological necessity and
genetics, the men and women of Silistra struggle to sort Nature from Nurture –
where Nature always wins. Welcome to Silistra, a glimpse of a far distant
future wherein a civilization proclaims the greatest feat an individual can
perform is to produce one child, yet distrusts the sciences that brought them
to verge of extinction.

Here women and
men coexist uneasily in a society ravaged by war, technology, and infertility,
each vying for power, each seeking dominion over one another. Be warned, if
your tastes run to simplistic plots, throbbing organs, swooning damsels or
kick-boxing women in men’s armor, Silistra may be too challenging. Feminists,
misogynists, misanthropes, or fans of political diatribe, this is not the book
for you.

High Couch of
Silistra, first of the notorious Silistra Quartet, brings us to a realm where
thought alters probability, where creativity is inextricably linked to the urge
to own and dominate, and where the universe itself is amenable to a focused
mind.

Rooted deeply in
humanity’s mythic past yet unaware of the planet Earth, High Couch of Silistra
begins one woman’s mythic quest for self-knowledge – with surprising results.

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Best selling
author Janet Morris began writing in 1976 and published more than 30 novels,
many co-authored with her husband Chris Morris or others. She contributed short
fiction to the shared universe fantasy series Thieves World, in which she
created the Sacred Band of Stepsons, a mythical unit of ancient fighters
modeled on the Sacred Band of Thebes. She created, orchestrated, and edited the
Bangsian fantasy series Heroes in Hell, writing stories for the series as well
as co-writing the related novel, The Little Helliad, with Chris Morris. She
wrote the bestselling Silistra Quartet in the 1970s, including High Couch of
Silistra, The Golden Sword, Wind from the Abyss, and The Carnelian Throne. This
quartet had more than four million copies in Bantam print alone, and was
translated into German, French, Italian, Russian and other languages. In the
1980s, Baen Books released a second edition of this landmark series. The third
edition is the Author’s Cut edition, newly revised by the author for Perseid
Press. Most of her fiction work has been in the fantasy and science fiction
genres, although she has also written historical and other novels. Morris has
written, contributed to, or edited several book-length works of non-fiction, as
well as papers and articles on nonlethal weapons, developmental military
technology and other defense and national security topics.

Janet said:
‘People often ask what book to read first. I recommend “I, the Sun”
if you like ancient history; “The Sacred Band,” a novel, if you like
heroic fantasy; “Lawyers in Hell” if you like historical fantasy set
in hell; “Outpassage” if you like hard science fiction; “High
Couch of Silistra” if you like far-future dystopian or philosophical
novels. I am most enthusiastic about the definitive Perseid Press Author’s Cut
editions, which I revised and expanded.’

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