In a world where the land physically binds people to their birthplace and where only pregnant women can travel, trade, and rule, three extraordinary individuals seek a way to break free from this female-dominated system. Vazil, bound to his “biblio-boat”, secretly advocates for equality and investigates the causes of women’s wanderings so that one day everyone might be free. His daughter Helga wants to free herself from her home ship, which she can do in only one way – she must become pregnant, and as soon as possible. Lars practices earth magic, which is forbidden to men, and thanks to it, he wields extraordinary power – a power capable of upending their entire world. A novel that shatters prejudices and seeks an answer to the question of what the price of freedom and the power to rule over others truly is.
Published by Host, 2024
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Anita Moskátová (* 1989) is a Hungarian writer and editor, currently working as a freelancer. She studied biology and lives in Budapest. She is the author of four novels and several novellas. In 2009, she won the Hugo Preyer Prize for her novella Talentum, in 2020, she won the Péter Zsoldos Prize for her novel Irha és bőr (Fur and Skin), and in 2023, she received the same prize for her novella Fekete monitor (Black Monitor).
Veronika Erdélyiová