Harvard anthropology
student Jeremiah Coltman has been doing field work for his thesis
project on the planet Coba for three years. Coltman's immersion into the
colony world's female-dominated culture has progressed far beyond his
expectations, guided principally by his exceptional skill at Quis, a
dice game played by a privileged but socially reclusive group of men
known as the Calanyi. When word of Coltman's Quis prowess spreads to
the high levels of the government, he is kidnapped and forced to marry
against his will into the Calanyi ... a luxurious captivity for which
there is no escape. Hugo Award Nominee, HOMer Award Winner, Analog
Reader's Choice Winner, Nebula Award Preliminary Ballot Nominee, Nebula
Award Finalist
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Harvard anthropology student Jeremiah Coltman has been doing field work for his thesis project on the planet Coba for three years. Coltman's immersion into the colony world's female-dominated culture has progressed far beyond his expectations, guided principally by his exceptional skill at Quis, a dice game played by a privileged but socially reclusive group of men known as the Calanyi. When word of Coltman's Quis prowess spreads to the high levels of the government, he is kidnapped and forced to marry against his will into the Calanyi ... a luxurious captivity for which there is no escape. Hugo Award Nominee, HOMer Award Winner, Analog Reader's Choice Winner, Nebula Award Preliminary Ballot Nominee, Nebula Award Finalist