Publisher's Synopsis
After four long years, ancient light, mary gentle's long-awaited sequel to golden witchbreed is here. Now, with the sweeping power of frank herbert's dune and the rich texture of ursula leguin's left hand of darkness lynne de lisle christie returns to the post-holocaust world of orthe. Always regarded as a backwater world by earth's multicorporate companies, orthe becomes the target of the panoceania company when ancient artifacts with astonishing power are discovered. As a special advisor to panoceania, lynne christie is torn between the company's rapacious desire for profit and the impact of cultural collision. NOT UK/OM
