Series
Golden Witchbreed
Mary Gentle · 2 novels · 1 short story · 1983–1987
Mary Gentle's Golden Witchbreed follows a human diplomatic envoy sent to the alien world of Orthe, where she becomes entangled in local politics far more dangerous than her mission anticipated. Ancient Light returns to Orthe years later as the same envoy witnesses the world's first contact with an interstellar human civilization eager to exploit it. Gentle treats Orthe's culture with an anthropologist's attention to institutions and consequence rather than as mere backdrop.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
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Golden Witchbreed at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s3
Shape
2 novels · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:science fictionaliensother star systemsfar futurechallengingadult
Mood
Grim and calm: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Ancient Lightdarkest
- The Crystal Sunlight, the Bright Airbrightest · calmest
- Golden Witchbreedmost intense