New Releases by Vonda N. McIntyre

In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed. With her she takes the three deadly reptiles through which her cures are accomplished: a cobra, a rattlesnake, and the dreamsnake, a creature whose hallucinogenic venom brings not healing but an easeful death for the terminally ill. Rare and valuable is this dreamsnake. When Grass is wantonly slain, Snake must journey across perilous landscapes to find another to take its place...

When Louis XIV's natural philosopher returns from a successful royal expedition to capture an exotic sea monster, the scientist's sister looks forward to assisting her brother in studying the shrieking, gargoyle-faced creature. However, the monster's gaze and exotic singing transform Marie-Josèphe into a woman who defies the powerful institutions that govern 17th -century France.--