The Conqueror's Child

Cover of --? edition

The Conqueror's Child is the fourth, and last, book in the Holdfast Chronicles by Suzy McKee Charnas. In it, Alldera's daughter Sorrel travels to the Holdfast with a young boy (a child of rape) who has been ejected by the Riding Women. There she finds a society still reforming in the wake of war between men and Free Fems.

This novel won the 1999 Tiptree Award.

Editions

• 1999: Tor, ISBN 0-312-85719-5

Further reading

• Book discussion group on feministSF mailing list (Feb. 2001)
• "Suzy McKee Charnas's The Conqueror's Child by L. Timmel Duchamp"