num_pages: 432
description: In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. In his domain, wealth and beauty take all; frivolity begets cruelty; science and alchemy collide. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, principles, and even the sacred bond between brother and sister. By the fiftieth year of his reign, Louis XIV has made France the most powerful state in the western world. Yet the Sun King's appetite for glory knows no bounds. In a bold stroke, he sends his natural philosopher on an expedition to seek the source of immortality -- the rare, perhaps mythical, sea monsters. For the glory, of his God, his country, and his king, Father Yves de la Croix returns with his treasures: one heavy shroud packed in ice...and a covered basin that imprisons a shrieking creature.
language: English
title: The Moon and the Sun
titlecomplete: The Moon and the Sun
genres: Historical, France, Fantasy, Alternate History, Historical Fantasy, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction, Mermaids
ratings_count: 2147
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Pocket