Unquenchable Fire
core novel 1988 Unquenchable Fire
Record
| First published | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.67 (543 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780879514471 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Eighty-seven years after a second American Revolution, shamans known as the Founders are venerated and miracles are routine. A bureaucratic Spiritual Development Agency tracks them, and storytellers called Tellers are respected figures. In Poughkeepsie, recently divorced Jennifer Mazdan wakes from a dream to find she is pregnant, and learns she is meant to be the mother of a new messiah. She wants no part of it and tries to end the pregnancy, but an unseen force stops her. She goes to Manhattan to find her husband, meets a holy ice cream vendor and other odd figures along the way, and fights to keep control of her own life against the destiny others have planned.
Where it sits
- Universe: Unquenchable Fire
- Series: Unquenchable Fire core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Rachel Pollack
Awards (verified)
- Arthur C. Clarke Award, 1989: won
Notes
- From the series record (Unquenchable Fire): Two novels set in an alternate America ruled by a shaman-founded spiritual order.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Unquenchable Fire: position 1 of 2: next Temporary Agency (1994)
Sources
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