The Moon and the Sun

Name: The Moon and the Sun
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Vonda N. McIntyre
ISBN: 9781433254949

Author: Vonda N. McIntyre

Narrator: Anna Fields

Unabridged: 14 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 06/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

In seventeenthcentury France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition, yet the Sun Kings appetite for glory knows no bounds. In a bold stroke, he sends his natural philosopher on an expedition to seek the source of immortality, a rare, perhaps mythical, sea monster. When Father Yves de la Croix returns with the shrieking creature with the gargoyle face, MarieJosphe de la Croix looks forward to assisting her brother in his scientific experiment. But struck by the creatures gaze and exquisite singing, MarieJosphe finds herself contemplating actions that would defy every institution in her life: king, country, church, and even family. Somehow, she must find the courage to follow her heart and her convictions, even at the cost of changing her life forever.

About Vonda N. McIntyre

Vonda N. McIntyre is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books. McIntyre won her first Nebula Award in 1973, for the novelette “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand.” This later became part of the novel Dreamsnake (1978), which was rejected by the first editor who saw it, but went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. McIntyre was the third woman to receive the Hugo Award. She has also written a number of Star Trek and Star Wars novels. Visit her online at VondaNMcIntyre.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lena

Boring and predictable story of a naive girl, who befriends with a mermaid and through that friendship unravels the injustice and cruelty of the world and people she admired. At first I couldn't understand what this book resembles until I've read that it was made into a lousy movie (which only took......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielle

3 and a half stars. A charming alternate history fantasy that unfortunately, lacks focus. Apparently, "The Moon and the Sun" won the Nebula in 1997, beating "Game of Thrones" for the title! This puzzles me a bit: I enjoyed Martin's over the top high fantasy, but was it better than this slightly confu......more

Goodreads review by Althea

For quite a while, I was convinced I'd already read this book - but then I realized I'd confused it title-wise, with Patricia McKillip's "The Moon and the Face." Not the same book at all. Here, we are thrown into the court of Louis XIV. Our protagonist, Marie-Josephe, is a very low-ranking member of......more

Goodreads review by Nick

I'm sorry to damn with faint praise, but this was a perfectly fine book. It's the sort of thing that I'm might've found much more interesting as a teenager, but alas, I have aged out of the bracket. I suppose I'm surprised by how middling this book was because it won the Nebula Award in 1998. It's ha......more

Goodreads review by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship

2.5 stars Interestingly, when this book was published in 1997, it won the Nebula, over such contenders as King's Dragon and A Game of Thrones. While I didn’t think much of this book, I also don’t necessarily disapprove: a literary award shouldn’t be a popularity contest, and this book—about the Enlig......more