The Queen of Springtime (New Springtime)

By Robert Silverberg and Silverberg

Book Overview

From the Five-Time Nebula Award-Winner ? The death stars that brought the apocalyptic destruction on Earth seven hundred thousand years before have stopped falling, and Earth has begun to renew itself. The Long Winter that held the human tribes in their cocoons beneath the ground is over, and the People are spreading rapidly across the newly fertile land. The Queen of Springtime continues the chronicles of the People's reclamation of Earth begun in the first volume, At Winter's End . ? The human tribes struggle to fulfill their destiny as rulers of Earth, but they find the seats of power already occupied. The hjjks, the somber, cold-eyed insect-folk, never retreated, even at the time of greatest chill. The world fell to them by default, and they have been its sole masters for seven hundred thousand years. The Queen of Springtime follows the struggle between these dissimilar beings to establish dominance in the newly emerging world. ? Exclusive to this Bison Books edition, Robert Silverberg provides an introduction and a synopsis of the unwritten concluding volume of The New Springtime trilogy. Appearing for the first time in print, "The Summer of Homecoming" outline reveals the fates, two hundred years later, of the heroes and their world that were introduced in At Winter's End and The Queen of Springtime .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803293313
• ISBN13: 9780803293311
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Well Worth the effort

Robert Silverberg has been one of my top favorite Sci-Fi author since my childhood; for me, he lives up to that reputation and more, even today. Reading the book, especially after you finish "At Winters End", you are taken away from wherever you are into the post apocalyptic earth, where the "people of the flesh" are grappling with survival... exploring, populating, developing, fighting the hkjjks... Without giving away the contents, the conflicts, beliefs, emotions and interplay of the characters... it makes you wonder, it sets you thinking. All in all, well worth the effort, and more!

The Queen of Springtime: The New Springtime, Volume 2 (Beyond Armageddon) (Purchased on 08/25/2008)

The Queen of Springtime: The New Springtime, Volume 2 (Beyond Armageddon) (Purchased on 08/25/2008) by Robert Silverberg

A Satisfying Sequel

I read "At Winter's End" and was dying for more. "New Springtime" was just what I needed! Do not read this if you have not read the first book. I am so fond of Hresh and of the People as a whole. I do not want to give anything away, just read the reviews for "At Winter's End" and if you decide to read it (and find you liked it) I promise this sequel will not dissapoint.