Skeens leap skeen, book 1 by jo clayton book cover, description, publication history. Wry, witty, and wondrously inventive, featuring a colorful cast of delightful and deliciously weird. Skeens return 1987 read online free book by jo clayton in. The first book in a thrilling trilogy featuring the inimitable skeen, skeens leap cements claytons welldeserved reputation as one of the. Download the the skeen trilogy audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iphone, android or windows device. Skeen is a person youd like to meet, keeping a hand on your wallet of course, human, humane in the best sense of the word, willing to deal with anyone as a. Skeen s leap paperback january 1, 1981 by jo clayton author. The first book in a thrilling trilogy featuring the inimitable skeen, skeens leap cements clayton s welldeserved reputation as one of the premier purveyors of science fantasy, alongside andre norton, c. Spaceship captain skeen, marooned on a hostile, backwater world by her. Jo clayton, whose parents named her after jo in little women, was born and raised in modesto, california.
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Mar 18, 20 author of star hunters diadem, irsud, a bait of dreams, drinker of souls, skeens leap, moonscatter duel of sorcery, ghosthunt diadem, lamarchos jo clayton open library donate. I first became aware of jo clayton in the diadiem series, enjoying those, and the spinoffs, but in this book and the two sequels, ms clayton was a writer at the peak of her powers. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. Jo clayton published skeens leap in 1986 with daw science fiction. Sold into slavery to an insectoid race, aleytys had been chosen as proxymother to the old queen s successor. As near as my crack team of internet researchers can determine, all. See all books authored by jo clayton, including the snares of ibex, and the nowhere hunt, and more on thriftbooks.
Spaceship captain skeen, marooned on a hostile, backwater world by her secondincommand, stumbles through a gateway between worlds and finds herself on a planet torn by strife as eight different races compete for dominion. Jo clayton published skeens leap in 1986 with daw science fiction, and followed up with skeens s return and skeens search, both in 1987. Misha burnett is the author of catskinners book, cannibal hearts, the. This fastpaced, gritty space adventure introduces the unforgettable skeen, a hardedged heroine and intergalactic thief trapped in an unknown universe. Get the audible audio editions of the the skeen trilogy series from the. Irsud 1990 read online free book by jo clayton in epub,txt. Skeens return by jo clayton nook book ebook barnes. Her works sold over one and a quarter million copies.
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