Back in print for the first time in more than a decade, Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus is a universally ackwledged masterpiece of science fiction by one of the field's most brilliant writers.Far out from Earth, two sister planets, Saint Anne and Saint Croix, circle each other in an eternal dance. It is said a race of shapeshifters once lived here, only to perish when men came. But one man believes they can still be found, somewhere in the back of the beyond.In The Fifth Head of Cerberus,Wolfe skillfully interweaves three bizarre tales to create a mesmerizing pattern: the harrowing account of the son of a mad genius who discovers his hideous heritage; a young man's mythic dreamquest for his darker half; the bizarre chronicle of a scientists' nightmarish imprisonment. Like an intricate, braided kt, the pattern at last unfolds to reveal astonishing truths about this strange and savage alien landscape.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
ST Martin's Press, Tor Books
ISBN-10
0312890206
ISBN-13
9780312890209
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108074833
Product Key Features
Author
Gene Wolfe
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
New York
Author Biography
Gene Wolfe has been called the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced by The Washington Post. A former engineer, he has written numerous books and won a variety of awards for his SF writing.