Ancient Light - Mary Gentle - 1990 ROC Books Paperback - Jim Burns Cover

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Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:
• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover
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Cover art: Jim Burns

Blurb: “When ex-envoy Lynne de Lisle Christie returns to Orthe as a special adviser to PanOceania, one of Earth's most powerful multicorporate companies, she is thrust into its mystery-shrouded, post-holocaust world — a world in which she feels half-human, half-alien. Here she is immediately caught in the conflict of cultures, finding herself torn between her desire to aid the anti-technological communities of Orthe and her duty to help her employer acquire Orthe's powerful Witchbreed artifacts.

These are rumored to be remnants of a science so advanced, Earth could barely begin to comprehend it. But while Lynne guards against PanOceania and Orthe's clash of interests, there is no one to protect her from the intrigues, betrayals, and dangers awaiting anyone who dares to obtain alien secrets no human was ever meant to have....”