Atlan
A Goddess... So Cija believed herself to be...
A Hostage... Delivered over to the great Dragon-General Zerd...
A Fugitive... Fleeing from Zerd’s clutches with the help of her lover...
An Empress... Wedded to Zerd, conqueror and lord in the fabled land of Atlan...
And again Cija is lunged into peril as war blazes across the secret continent, and Zerd must fight to keep his captive land, while the women in his life conspire against him. But the enchanted land plots its own magic to bring the moment when Ancient Atlan will wake to rid itself of the invaders.
Jane Gaskell
Jane Gaskell (born 1941) is a British fantasy writer. She wrote her first novel Strange Evil, when she was 14. It was published two years later. In 1970 she received the Somerset Maugham Award for her novel A Sweet Sweet Summer (jointly with Piers Paul Read who received it for his Monk Dawson).
Her Atlan saga is set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis. The series is written from the point of view of its clumsy heroine Cija, except for the last book, which is narrated by her daughter Seka.
China Miéville lists Strange Evil as one of the top 10 examples of weird fiction.
Atlan
Atlan series consists of four books, but the first book was later split into two books: The Serpent and The Dragon.
Atlan consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.