Being a Green Mother
core novel 1987 Incarnations of Immortality
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.98 (19,192 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 314 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345322227 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Being a Green Mother follows Orb Kaftan, a musically gifted young woman whose magic is channeled through singing and playing instruments. Restless and searching for purpose, Orb sets out on a quest for the Llano, a legendary piece of music said to be the most potent magic known, traveling far from home and encountering a range of mystical challenges along the way. During her travels she meets and grows close to a fellow musician named Natasha, and becomes entangled with a mysterious figure whose true identity is not what it first appears. Her journey eventually leads her to assume the office of Gaea, the Incarnation of Nature, a role that comes with vast power over the living world and draws her further into the ongoing contest between the other Incarnations and the forces of Satan and Evil.
Where it sits
- Universe: Incarnations of Immortality
- Series: Incarnations of Immortality core; position 5 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Piers Anthony
Notes
- From the series record (Incarnations of Immortality): The original seven-book run, one novel per Incarnation (Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil, Good), published together as a complete cycle 1983-1990.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Incarnations of Immortality: position 5 of 7: previous Wielding a Red Sword (1986) · next For Love of Evil (1988)
- Internal chronology, within Incarnations of Immortality: position 5 of 8: previous Wielding a Red Sword (1986) · next For Love of Evil (1988)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Incarnations of Immortality
- bookseriesinorder.com: Incarnations of Immortality
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_a_Green_Mother
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