"Marsh people have powers, and the city people are afraid of them. So we never talk about anything we can do that they can't. It would be dangerous. Really dangerous." So says Sallo to her brother, Gavir. Gavir remembers things that are going to happen. He and his sister are slaves - property, and Gavir accepts his lot in life and plans to be a teacher. He has a second gift of remarkable memory. When Etra is beseiged and Gavir is on his second civic work assignment, he is exposed to modern writers and begins to question the statis quo. Why should one man have power and another none? Gavir runs away when his sister drowns under tragic circumstances. Searching for love, learning, and liberty, Gavir learns to importance of trust, determination, and family. This is an awesome book, well-written, and covering numerous important themes. I found the reading to be a little slow, however.
"Loyalty misplaces is troublesome and dangerous."
"Freedom is largely, a matter of seeing that there are alternatives."
Nebula Award Nominee 2011
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