Wind from a Burning Woman

Within a distant nebula known as the Medusa, a bitter interstellar conflict rages between emergent spacefaring humans and the aging protoplasmic Senexi. In the midst of this struggle are born two humans, Prufrax and Clevo. They meet, they fall in love, and between sequences of savage combat with Senexi, they explore the bloody history of their civilization.In addition to Nebula Award-winning nouvelle "Hardfought, " Greg Bear's collection contains the following tales of science fiction and fantasy: "The Wind from a Burning Woman, " "The White Horse Child, " "Petra, " "Scattershot" and "Mandala."Bear, Greg is the author of 'Wind from a Burning Woman', published 1983 under ISBN 9780870540943 and ISBN 0870540947.