Tales of Nevèrÿon
Samuel R. Delany
Roca Editorial/Open Road Español
<p><b>On the edge of history, civilization emerges from chaos</b><p><BR>A boy of the bustling, colorful docks of port Kolhari, during a political coup, fifteen-year-old Gorgik, once his parents are killed, is taken a slave and transported to the government obsidian mines at the foot of the Faltha mountains. When, in the savagely primitive land of Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on, finally he wins his freedom, Gorgik is ready to lead a rebellion against the rulers of this barely civilized land. His is the through-story that, now in the background, now in the foreground, connects these first five stories, in <i>Tales of Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on</i>&#8212;and, indeed, all the eleven stories, novellas, and novels that comprise Delany's epic fantasy series, Return to Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on, where we can watch civilization first develop money, writing, labor, and that grounding of all civilizations since: capital itself. <p><BR>In these sagas of barbarism, new knowledge, and sex, you'll find far more than...</p></p></p>