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Estri battles to regain her identity after being denied her memories by her captor.
Will love find a way?
The Golden Sword
The Silistra Quartet Book 2
by Janet Morris
Genre: Dystopian Epic SciFi Fantasy Romance
Dystopia. Biology shapes reality. The further adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in the
galaxies of tomorrow.
She had the power to create planets. The sixty carved bones of the Yris-tera foretold her
ancient fate. Her heritage of power took her beyond time and space and stole from her the one
man she loved.
Enslaved on the planet Silistra tomorrow’s most beautiful courtesan unleashes the powers of
the gods.
What readers are saying:
“Pure excellence…. A heroic quest of the highest calibre.” – Goodreads
“This is a book which makes one’s blood sing and one’s mind ponder. I loved the first in the
series and enjoyed this as much, perhaps more. The ending leaves the reader desperate to know
what happens to Estri next – courtesan, slave, warrior, lover, rebel. What is next for our
heroine?” – Goodreads
“Call it what you like: science fiction, space opera, sword and planet or erotic fantasy . . . The
Golden Sword is all these things, and so much more. A highly intelligent and sensual novel filled
with ideas and revelations, this is a gripping story that explores human sexuality and the role it
plays in politics. Although the memorable characters are bisexual, toss away all your
preconceived notions, for there is a humanity, a strength of will and determination, a realism
and depth of emotion to these characters that will have you thinking twice about all you know
and all you think you know. This is a book for mature and discerning readers who like some
meat on the bones of the books they read. Janet Morris led the way for all the science fiction
authors, both male and female, who came after. “ – Joe Bonadonna, Goodreads
Book Links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3MHvU5R
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden-sword-janet-morris-
msc/1006098517
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-golden-sword-by-janet-morris
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/247624501-the-golden-sword
High Couch of Silistra
The Silistra Quartet Book 1
Biology shapes reality…
One woman’s mythic search for self-realization in a distant tomorrow…
Her sensuality was at the core of her world, her quest beyond the civilized stars.
Aristocrat. Outcast. Picara. Slave. Ruler.
“Engrossing characters in a marvelous adventure.” – Charles N. Brown, Locus Magazine
“The amazing and erotic adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in tomorrow’s universe” –
Frederik Pohl
“The best single example of prostitution used in fantasy is Janet Morris’ Silistra series… Estri’s
character is most like that of Ishtar who describes herself as “‘a prostitute compassionate am I'”
because she “symbolizes the creative submission to the demands of instinct, to the chaos of
nature …the free woman, as opposed to the domesticated woman”. Linking Estri with these
lunar and water symbols is not difficult because of the moon’s eternal virginity (the strength of
integrity) links with her changeability (the prostitute’s switching of lovers). […]
Morris strengthens the moon imagery by having Estri as a well-keepress because wells,
fountains, and the moon as the orb which controls water have long been associated with
fertility, […] In a sense, she is like the moon because she is apparently eternal, never waxing or
waning except in her pursuit of the quest; she is the prototypical wanderer like the moon and
Ishtar. She is the eternal night symbol of the moon in opposition to the Day-Keepers […]
At her majority (her three hundredth birthday), she is given a silver-cubed hologram letter
from her mother, containing a videotape of her conception by the savage bronzed barbarian
god from another world. […] If Estri’s mother then acts as a bawd, willing her lineage as Well-
Keepress to her daughter, then Estri’s great-grandmother Astria as foundress of the Well
becomes a further mother-bawd figure when she offers her prophetic advice in her letter:
“Guard Astria for you may lose it, and more. Beware of one who is not as he seems. Stray not in
the port city of Baniev …look well about you, for your father’s daughter’s brother seeks you”.
Having no brother that she knows of does not stay Estri from undertaking the heroic quest of
finding her father.”
- Anne K. Kaler, The Picara: From Hera to Fantasy Heroine
Book Links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/46EolUr
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/high-couch-of-silistra-janet-morris-
msc/1006098494
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/high-couch-of-silistra-by-janet-morris-2017-07-
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243705637-high-couch-of-silistra
About the Author
Best selling author Janet Morris began writing in 1976 and published more than 30 novels,
many co-authored with her husband Chris Morris or others. She contributed short fiction to the
shared universe fantasy series Thieves World, in which she created the Sacred Band of
Stepsons, a mythical unit of ancient fighters modeled on the Sacred Band of Thebes. She
created, orchestrated, and edited the Bangsian fantasy series Heroes in Hell, writing stories for
the series as well as co-writing the related novel, The Little Helliad, with Chris Morris. She wrote
the bestselling Silistra Quartet in the 1970s, including High Couch of Silistra, The Golden Sword,
Wind from the Abyss, and The Carnelian Throne. This quartet had more than four million copies
in Bantam print alone, and was translated into German, French, Italian, Russian and other
languages. In the 1980s, Baen Books released a second edition of this landmark series. The third
edition is the Author’s Cut edition, newly revised by the author for Perseid Press. Most of her
fiction work has been in the fantasy and science fiction genres, although she has also written
historical and other novels. Morris has written, contributed to, or edited several book-length
works of non-fiction, as well as papers and articles on nonlethal weapons, developmental
military technology and other defense and national security topics.
Janet said: ‘People often ask what book to read first. I recommend “I, the Sun” if you like
ancient history; “The Sacred Band,” a novel, if you like heroic fantasy; “Lawyers in Hell” if you
like historical fantasy set in hell; “Outpassage” if you like hard science fiction; “High Couch of
Silistra” if you like far-future dystopian or philosophical novels. I am most enthusiastic about
the definitive Perseid Press Author’s Cut editions, which I revised and expanded.’
Author Links
Website: https://theperseidpress.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PerseidPublishing
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Perseid_Press
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perseid_press
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/janet-morris
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Janet-Morris/author/B001HPJJB8
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/121072.Janet_E_Morris
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