Some Summer Lands
Empress Cija has taken refuge in the palace of her mother the Dictatress with her voiceless daughter Seka. But betrayal follows Cija no matter where she hides and she is abducted by her evil half-brother Smahil, whose women are instructed to tear the growing ape-child from Cija's womb.
Flight from this peril thrusts Cija into the hands of her husband Zerd, the serpent-general, as he prepares for battle with the King of the North. When Zerd comes to his Empress's bed, his jealous first wife Sedili plots a terrible revenge against her rival...
Beyong the Floating Islands, Atlan trembles at the approach of Zerd's brutal army. The enchanted land is on course for its own, self-inflicted holocaust...
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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.
