The Conqueror's Child Book Four of the Holdfast Chronicles [Paperback]

25 years after the landmark publication ofWalk to the End of the World, Suzy McKee Charnas has completed her epic tale of the Holdfast.

The Fems were slaves of the men in the Holdfast. When Alldera escaped her slavery, she led a band of rebels to build a world where women rule. Now Sorrel, Alldera's daughter, joins her mother. She brings with her a young boy she has adopted.

The Conqueror's Childcompletes an epic history of life and love and the war between men and women which will stand for generations to come.

Suzy McKee Charnasis the author of over a dozen works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including the Holdfast series from Tor Books and the Sorcery Hall series of books for young adults. She is the winner of the Hugo Award (for her short story Boobs ) and has won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award twice, once retrospectively for the first two Holdfast books and then forThe Conqueror's Child, final volume of the Holdfast series. Her recent books includeMy Father's Ghost, a narrative nonfiction work about her father's old age. She adapted her novel,The Vampire Tapestry, for the stage in the late 1990s.

She was born and brought up in New York City, the setting for the Sorcery Hall books, and she currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.