Sacrifice Of Fools They're ancient, they're enigmatic, they're alien and they're here. The Shian arrive on Earth, not as conquerors, but as settlers. Outwardly similar but inwardly deeply different, the Shian are a challenge to all mankind's established notions of society, family, gender, sex and law.
When a prominent Shian family is brutally murdered, human and alien cultures find themselves on a collision course, with only Andy Gillespie, ex-con and aspirant to the mysteries of the Shian law, standing between them.
His search for justice takes him through corrupt religious sects and sinister political organizations with the police and paramilitaries hot on his heels - for Shian justice always comes at a price… 'One of the finest writers of his generation' New Statesman
'Powerfully good storytelling... cleverly written, intelligent and unflinchingly truthful' SFX
'Conceptually witty and perceptive' The Good Book Guide
'Sacrifice is brilliant' New Scientist
'A major work from an increasingly powerful author' Locus
Paperback - Gollancz Millenium (2002)
Tendeleo's Story ‘Ian McDonald’s ‘Chaga’ stories remind me of J. G. Ballard’s ‘Vermillion Sands’ stories in the way they return repeatedly to a single vividly imagined background but approach it from a different point of view in each visit. What McDonald seems to be doing is reinventing for the new century a whole host of existing science-fictional concepts, transforming them through the power of his prose and the intensity of his vision just as the mysterious Chaga invaders have transformed the Africa of his stories. He leaves us much the richer for his efforts.’ Robert Silverberg
‘Tendeleo’s Story is a measure of McDonald’s own creative evolution, now at a very exciting juncture indeed.’ Nick Gevers, Infinity Plus
‘McDonald has a fierce vision and is very skilled at getting into the dark corners of community conflict . . . a very touching story.’ Enigma
'Evocative and emotionally satisfying' Locus
Sacrifice Of Fools
Sacrifice Of Fools