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Chthon
Published 1967 by Ballantine Books · 254 pages
Hugo · 1968
FinalistNebula · 1968
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3 award entries · 2 books · 0 wins · 1968–1970
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Synopsis
Aton Five is condemned to Chthon, a hellish subterranean prison from which no one has ever escaped, for the crime of loving a forbidden minionette — a beautiful, dangerous being who feeds on human life-force. The narrative alternates between his desperate struggle to survive in the caverns and flashbacks revealing the obsessive love that led to his imprisonment.
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Details
- Series
- Chthon · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781497657328