To bring the dead back to life, to stop the world-wide mutiny of Valdesoldiery, to block the conquering ambitions of a Tek of many shapes - thesewere the problems that converged on Jannus, the secret heir of the crown oflost Kantmoire.

Topping off his problems add the dangerous wanderings of his half-humandaughters and the machinations of a spaceship down from orbit, and you have the ingredients that mark this amazing new novel of the world first depicted in Pursuit of the Screamer.

A complex yet always vividly moving novel, Summerfair is a work of sciencefiction written with the color of high fantasy. Ansen Dibell has been aptlycompared with such writers as Marion Bradley and Janet Morris.