The Roads of Heaven (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Melissa Scott
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—galactic empire
- Time of Work: An indeterminate time in the future
- Setting: The Hegemony
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Future, Other worlds, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Pilots or pilotage
- Locales: Space, Fictional planets
The Plot
The Roads of Heaven was first published in three parts, but the plot is a single extended story. It concerns the efforts of Silence Leigh to break a blockade established around Earth by the Rose Worlds. Most of the story takes place on various planets in the Hegemony, an expanding galactic empire with a culture that places women under permanent male guardianship. A magical system based on principles from alchemy and astrology has replaced science and technology in this future.
In Five-Twelfths of Heaven, Silence marries Denis Balthasar and Chase...
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