On a planet torn apart by class and economic divisions and feuding factions, a scientist and a rebel are drawn together in a forbidden love that could change their world forever....
Nolan uses his rational powers of observation to examine more closely the privileges he was born to enjoy—and the people he was raised to despise.
Katrini follows her fiercest passions in the struggle to overthrow a legacy of hate—one that has poisoned her family for generations.
Between rich and poor, strong and weak, intellect and feeling, only one thing could bring these two opposites together: a passion that is strictly forbidden.
Praise for Heart of Gold
“Explores the complex struggles of decent people caught in a web of deceit and treachery as they discover the common ground that underlies superficial differences...An elegant and suspenseful tale.”—Library Journal
“A telling profile of a racially divided society, and a...good love story too...Another top-notch outing.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Extraordinary. Science fiction of the highest caliber.”—Midwest Book Review
Praise for Sharon Shinn
“Shinn has created a world that is completely believable and magical at the same time.”—Fantasy Literature
“[Shinn] is one of the best fantasists.”—Alternative Worlds
“Shinn is a master.”—Mary Jo Putney, New York Times bestselling author of Not Quite a Wife
“[Shinn] carries readers away into a vivid new fantasy world.”—Publishers Weekly
Sharon Shinn is a journalist who works for a trade magazine and is the author of the Shifting Circle novels. Her first novel, The Shape-Changer’s Wife, was a nominee for Locus’s Best First Fantasy Novel of 1995. She has won the William L. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer, and was twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She has also received an RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award and won the 2010 RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has lived in the Midwest most of her life. Visit her website at sharonshinn.net.
On a planet torn apart by class and economic divisions and feuding factions, a scientist and a rebel are drawn together in a forbidden love that could change their world forever....
Nolan uses his rational powers of observation to examine more closely the privileges he was born to enjoy—and the people he was raised to despise.
Katrini follows her fiercest passions in the struggle to overthrow a legacy of hate—one that has poisoned her family for generations.
Between rich and poor, strong and weak, intellect and feeling, only one thing could bring these two opposites together: a passion that is strictly forbidden.
Reviews
Praise for Heart of Gold
“Explores the complex struggles of decent people caught in a web of deceit and treachery as they discover the common ground that underlies superficial differences...An elegant and suspenseful tale.”—Library Journal
“A telling profile of a racially divided society, and a...good love story too...Another top-notch outing.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Extraordinary. Science fiction of the highest caliber.”—Midwest Book Review
Praise for Sharon Shinn
“Shinn has created a world that is completely believable and magical at the same time.”—Fantasy Literature
“[Shinn] is one of the best fantasists.”—Alternative Worlds
“Shinn is a master.”—Mary Jo Putney, New York Times bestselling author of Not Quite a Wife
“[Shinn] carries readers away into a vivid new fantasy world.”—Publishers Weekly
Sharon Shinn is a journalist who works for a trade magazine and is the author of the Shifting Circle novels. Her first novel, The Shape-Changer’s Wife, was a nominee for Locus’s Best First Fantasy Novel of 1995. She has won the William L. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer, and was twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She has also received an RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award and won the 2010 RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has lived in the Midwest most of her life. Visit her website at sharonshinn.net.
