New York: Avon / Eos / Harper Voyager, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A science fiction novel which explores gender roles, set on the strange planet Newholme. Because a virus kills 50 percent of baby girls at birth, this is a society where men manage the money but women hold the keys to power through church, reproductive control, and their own short supply. But now strange things are happening - the ground is shaking with volcanic eruptions, and all of Newholme is in peril. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-380974797.