Gene Wolfe: The Fifth Head of Cerberus [2010] paperback ZHBFI But Lucia's life was suddenly

But Lucia's life was suddenly transformed when the thousand-year-old Serenissima collapsed under the blows of young Bonaparte in 1797

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The Reservoir Tapes returns to the territory of the Booker-longlisted Reservoir 13

Gene Wolfe: The Fifth Head of Cerberus [2010] paperback ZHBFI But Lucia's life was suddenlyFar from Earth two sister planets, Sainte Anne and Sainte Croix, circle each other. It is said that a race of shapeshifting aliens once lived here, only to become extinct when human colonists arrived. But one man believes they still exist, somewhere out in the wilderness. In THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS, Gene Wolfe brilliantly interweaves three tales: a scientist's son gradual discovery of the bizarre secret of his heritage; a young man's mythic