The Eye of the Heron: A Novel

From multi-award-winning, literary legend Ursula K. Le Guin comes a speculative fiction classic, The Eye of the Heron. In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groupsùthe farmers of Shantih and the City dwellersùlive 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 form 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.

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Publisher: Tor Books

Publication Date: Sep 11, 2018

Number of Pages: 208 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Fiction

ISBN-10: 1250191076

ISBN-13: 9781250191076