I'm thrilled to be able to tell people that a first sf novel by my friend
Zainab Amadahy is about to hit the stands. I've copied the blurb and
ordering info. straight out of the Sister Vision Press Fall Catalogue, so
please note that the words are *not* mine, I'm simply informing you that
the novel now exists. (And that Zainab's a really cool woman). :)
Zainab: go, girl!
-nalo
"There are two kinds of dates; the kind that you go out with, and the
small fruit that you eat."
-my aunt
THE MOONS OF PALMARES
A novel by Zainab Amadahy
ISBN 1-896705-22-7
6 x 9 paper 224 pages
Release: October 1997
$17.95 CAN
$14.95 US
Published by Sister Vision: Black Women and Women of Colour Press,
Toronto, Canada
This fast-paced feminist adventure novel takes place in the distant future
on a faraway world, but it's a world that will seem strangely familiar to
readers interested in postcolonial issues and Third World politics.
Zaria Aquene - dancer, secret Kituhwan operative, and lover of the leader
of the resistance movement - has a lot on her mind. The new Major's
infatuation with her is strategically useful - but what if he finds out
she's a double agent? If she has to, wi ll she have the nerve to kill for
her planet's survival?
Idealistic, Earth-born Major Leith Eaglefeather believes he's being
stationed on Palmares to protect its citizens as well as its quilidon
mines. A shadowy group called the Kituhwa is waging a campaign of
sabotage and destruction against the foreign-based mining consortium, and
Eaglefeather despises terrorism. But after a few weeks on the beautiful,
unspoiled violet planet, he is beginning to realize there's another side
to the story. Are his superiors hiding the truth? And can he really
trust the love ly but contentious local dancer whom he's enlisted as a
spy?
An entertaining must-read for science fiction buffs and social justice
advocates alike, _The Moons of Palmares_ introduces a fresh, sharply
original new voice to the Canadian literary scene.
Zainab Amadahy was born in New York City, USA and has lived in Canada
since 1975. Her mixed-race background includes both African American and
Cherokee. A single mother of three boys, Zainab has 15 years of
experience working in the community sector for non-profit housing,
anti-apartheid groups, women's organizations, and First Nations agencies.
She says, "I have long been a fan of good science fiction because it is a
genre which sometimes transcends the limiatations of our current world,
particularly its 'isms.'"
Individual orders:
Sister Vision Press
P.O. Box 217, Station E
Toronto, Ont.
Canada
M6H 4E2
Ph: (416) 533-9353
fax: (416) 533-9676
e-mail: sisvis@web.net
Booksellers, schools, libraries and other trade customers should contact
Sister Vision's distributors in the U.S., Canada or the U.K.
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