Stevens Francis - The Heads Of Cerberus - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A rediscovered classic of science fiction set in a dystopian twenty - second - century society where the winner takes all a precursor to The Hunger Games by one of the genre's first major female writers with an introduction by Naomi Alderman New York Times bestselling author of The Power and Disobedience Philadelphia 1918: Three friends brave confident Viola Trenmore clever but shy Robert Drayton and Viola's strong and hot - tempered brother Terry discover a mysterious powder that transports them two hundred years into the future. The Philadelphia of 2118 is no longer a bustling metropolis but instead a completely isolated city recovering from an unknown disaster. Citizens are issued identification tags instead of having names and society is split between a wealthy powerful minority and a downtrodden lower class. The position of supreme authority is held by a woman and once a year she oversees competitions to the death to determine who rules alongside her. When Viola Terry and Robert are forced to take part in these strange and deadly games it will take their combined wits for them to escape this strange world and return home. Equal parts adventure and dystopia The Heads of Cerberus is an unjustly forgotten work of early science fiction written by a trailblazing master of the genre. Praise for The Heads of Cerberus An early - twentieth - century time - travel dystopia whose vision of 2118 resonates eerily with our own century a fast - paced imaginative yarn. Kirkus Reviews An intriguing and political time - travel adventure. Publishers Weekly The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms with boldness creativity and a spirit of resistance.
Title: The Heads Of Cerberus
Author(s): Stevens Francis
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9781984854209
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 5/21/2019
Series: Modern Library Torchbearers
Category: Science Fiction