Author(s): Tepper, Sheri S.

Science Fiction

less 20% On her sixteenth birthday, the princess Beauty sidesteps the sleeping curse placed on her by her wicked aunt, the fairy Carabosse- only to be kidnapped by visitors from another time and place, far from the picturesque castle in fourteenth century England. She is taken to the world of the future, a savage society where, even amongst the teeming billions, she is utterly alone. And as she travels magically to places both imaginary and real, Beauty eventually comes to understand her special place in humanity's destiny.