Sheri S Tepper

When the Sea King declares war on the small kingdoms of Norland, and forbids any ships from sailing on the rising waters that threaten to flood humanity, a princess must awaken an ancient killer to save the world.

With the critically acclaimed novels "The Gate To Women's Country, Raising The Stones, and the Hugo-nominated "Grass, Sheri Tepper has established herself as one of the major science fiction writers of out Time. In "Beauty, she broadens her territory even further, with a novel that evokes all the richness of fairy tale and fable. Drawing on the wellspring of tales such as "Sleeping Beauty," Beauty is a moving novel of love and loss, hope and despair,...