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A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire

Michael Bishop

Cover of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire

Published 1975 by Ballantine Books · 294 pages

Nebula Nominee 1976
Science Fiction

Synopsis

Two brothers flee the oppressive domed cities of North America for the alien planet Trope, where they are tasked with contacting a mysterious tribe called the Ouemartsee. As one gradually sees through his domineering brother's manipulations, he becomes entangled in the Ouemartsee's strange rituals and alien logic, culminating in a shattering moral reckoning.

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Debut

This was the author's debut novel

Author Nationality

US

ISBN

9780345243508

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