Winter Reckoning

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Winter Reckoning
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Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorNoel-Anne Brennan
Illustrator Jon J. Muth
Cover artist Jon J. Muth
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fantasy novel
Publisher Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Publication date
1986
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages253 pp
ISBN 0-937986-85-2
OCLC 15626843
813/.54 19
LC Class PS3552.R3818 W56 1986

Winter Reckoning is the first science fantasy novel by Noel-Anne Brennan. It was first published in 1986 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 650 copies which were signed by the author.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns the adventures of Molly Kerbridge, a member of the Planetary Federation, on a world called Tringe. There she encounters the Fnick, a reptilian race intent on conquest.

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