The Shores of Death

by Michael Moorcock

Book Overview

In the far future, Earth's rotation has been halted by powerful aliens searching for the end of the universe. Happening upon Earth, the aliens took from it what they needed and moved on. The human race is now divided; some living on the cold night side, some the sweltering day side, yet others in the thin twilight between the two regions.

Living a life of pleasure and decadence in the twilight region, Valta Becker impregnates his daughter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515423654
• ISBN13: 9781515423652
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Fantastic Books
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Classic Moorcock, classic sci-fi

Although Michael Moorcock might be best known as a writer of fantasy fiction and the Elric saga, he is a prolific writer and wrote a number of excellent sci-fi novels, this being one of them. The Shores of Death is set in a far-future Earth where the wolrd has stopped turning on its axis, leaving one side in perpetual day and another in night, bounded by narrow twilight regions. From these regions hails Clovis Becker, the protagonist of the story. The ensuing yarn tells a tale of a doomed race of idealists seeking an answer to their plight, and of Becker's own search for immortality from a legendary scientist. This is a truly imaginitive, vivid, and original work - highly recommended.