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A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire
Published 1975 by Ballantine Books · 294 pages
Nebula · 1976
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3 award entries · 3 books · 1 wins · 1976–1995
Synopsis
Two brothers flee the oppressive domed cities of North America for the alien planet Trope, where they are tasked with contacting a mysterious tribe called the Ouemartsee. As one gradually sees through his domineering brother's manipulations, he becomes entangled in the Ouemartsee's strange rituals and alien logic, culminating in a shattering moral reckoning.
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