Southshore — Sheri S. Tepper

RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE RIVER

A world far distant in place and time, where the pace of life is counted by the tides of the great River...a world where _ the human colony has lived for millenia in uneasy peace with the native race--the Thraish, whose savage god has promised them a world of willing prey.

Pamra Don has learned much on the River and has become the visionary leader of great pilgrimage, carrying the discontent of Northshore to lay at the feet of the Protector of Man. But the Thraish have at last taken note of Pamra Don and her crusade...and their vengeance will be swift.