The Plague (Vol. 2): The Fallen God
THE PLAGUE (VOL. 2): THE FALLEN GOD
by Nathalie Charles Henneberg
translated by William Oarlock
cover by Aurélien Maccarelli
US$XX - 6x9 tpb, XXX p. - ISBN-13: 978-1-64932-XXX-X
Nathalie Henneberg (1910-1977) remains a unique voice in the history of French imaginative literature. This is the second volume of a multi-volume collection of her works to be released by Black Coat Press.
Volume 1 : The Green Gods, translated by C. J. Cherryh, was first published to critical acclaim in 2010. This volume collects the second half of her masterpiece, The Plague (1964), and its sequel, The Fallen God (1976), translated by William Oarlock.
This is a sprawling interstellar epic set in the 30th Century telling the battle between psychic mutants and ultimate evil incarnated in the Nocturnes
Combining classic French and Golden Age American SF reminiscent of Jack Williamson and Robert Heinlein, with “Old World” literature, sagas and epics, her writing precedes the “New Wave” of the 1960s and later mythopoetic space operas by Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, C.J. Cherryh, Philip Jose Farmer and Joan D. Vinge.
Introduction
La Plaie (2) (1964)