Winter in Eden
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Winter in Eden is a 1986 science fiction novel by American author Harry Harrison
, the second in the Eden series.
It tells an alternate history of planet Earth in which the extinction of the dinosaurs never occurred. The story began in West of Eden
, which depicts a war between a group of Cro-Magnon
-level humans and a reptilian race called the Yilanè, who are descended from the prehistoric mosasaur
and have become the dominant lifeform on the planet. The central characters from the first book return: Vaintè, an ambitious Yilanè, and Kerrick, a "ustouzou" (the Yilanè word for mammal) who was captured by the Yilanè as a boy, raised as a Yilanè, and eventually escapes to rejoin his own people and burn the Yilanè colony city.
In Winter in Eden, the reptiloids use their mastery of biology to reconquer human territory. Kerrick launches an arduous quest to rally a final defense for the humanoid Tanu. With his wife and young son, he heads north to the land of the whale hunters, enlisting their help to venture further east into the enemy's stronghold, and south to a fateful reckoning with destiny.
The trilogy continues with Return to Eden
.
Harry Harrison
Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! , the basis for the film Soylent Green...
, the second in the Eden series.
It tells an alternate history of planet Earth in which the extinction of the dinosaurs never occurred. The story began in West of Eden
West of Eden
West of Eden is a 1984 science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison.-Overview:In the parallel universe of this novel, Earth was not struck by an asteroid 65 million years before the present...
, which depicts a war between a group of Cro-Magnon
Cro-Magnon
The Cro-Magnon were the first early modern humans of the European Upper Paleolithic. The earliest known remains of Cro-Magnon-like humans are radiometrically dated to 35,000 years before present....
-level humans and a reptilian race called the Yilanè, who are descended from the prehistoric mosasaur
Mosasaur
Mosasaurs are large extinct marine lizards. The first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764...
and have become the dominant lifeform on the planet. The central characters from the first book return: Vaintè, an ambitious Yilanè, and Kerrick, a "ustouzou" (the Yilanè word for mammal) who was captured by the Yilanè as a boy, raised as a Yilanè, and eventually escapes to rejoin his own people and burn the Yilanè colony city.
In Winter in Eden, the reptiloids use their mastery of biology to reconquer human territory. Kerrick launches an arduous quest to rally a final defense for the humanoid Tanu. With his wife and young son, he heads north to the land of the whale hunters, enlisting their help to venture further east into the enemy's stronghold, and south to a fateful reckoning with destiny.
The trilogy continues with Return to Eden
Return to Eden (novel)
Return To Eden is a 1988 science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison.The novel is the third and final volume in Harrison's Eden series. The first two stories of the trilogy are West of Eden and Winter in Eden....
.
External links
- Winter in Eden page on Official website