num_pages: 192
description: In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups--the farmers of Shantih and the City dwellers--live in apparent harmony. All is not as it seems, however. While the peace-loving farmers labor endlessly to provide food for the City, the City Bosses rule the Shantih with an iron fist. When a group of farmers decide to from a new settlement further away, the Bosses retaliate by threatening to crush the "rebellion."Luz understands what it means to have no choices. Her father is a Boss and he has ruled over her life with the same iron fist. Luz wonders what it might be like to make her own choices. To be free to choose her own destiny.When the crisis over the new settlement reaches a flash point, Luz will have her chance.
language: English
title: The Eye of the Heron
titlecomplete: The Eye of the Heron
genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Novella, Young Adult, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, 20th Century, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 3081
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Premi Protagonista Jove
category: Categoria 16-17 anys
publisher: Starscape