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001 2015023323
003 DLC
005 20150725083316.0
008 150724s2015 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2015023323
020 $a9780765377029 (hardback)
020 $z9781466853393 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3619.C44927$bB38 2015
082 00 $a813/.6$223
084 $aFIC028030$aFIC028000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSchoen, Lawrence M.
245 10 $aBarsk :$bthe elephants' graveyard : an anthropomorphic novel /$cby Lawrence M. Schoen.
263 $a1512
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bTor Books,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"An historian who speaks with the dead is ensnared by the past. A child who feels no pain and who should not exist sees the future. Between them are truths that will shake worlds. In a distant future, no remnants of human beings remain, but their successors thrive throughout the galaxy. These are the offspring of humanity's genius--animals uplifted into walking, talking, sentient beings. The Fant are one such species: anthropomorphic elephants ostracized by other races, and long ago exiled to the rainy ghetto world of Barsk. There, they develop medicines upon which all species now depend. The most coveted of these drugs is koph, which allows a small number of users to interact with the recently deceased and learn their secrets. To break the Fant's control of koph, an offworld shadow group attempts to force the Fant to surrender their knowledge. Jorl, a Fant Speaker with the dead, is compelled to question his deceased best friend, who years ago mysteriously committed suicide. In so doing, Jorl unearths a secret the powers that be would prefer to keep buried forever. Meanwhile, his dead friend's son, a physically challenged young Fant named Pizlo, is driven by disturbing visions to take his first unsteady steps toward an uncertain future"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aImaginary wars and battles$vFiction.
650 0 $aSpace warfare$vFiction.
655 7 $aScience fiction$2gsafd
650 7 $aFICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Science Fiction / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/029/9780765377029/image/lgcover.9780765377029.jpg