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Fevre Dream

A Novel
Pages
480
Published
1982
Language
English

Synopsis

In the icy winter of 1857, riverboat captain Abner Marsh is offered a partnership by the mysterious Joshua York. Marsh senses danger in York's secrets and his unnerving gaze, but the promise of a new boat and gold is too tempting to refuse. As they set sail on the Fevre Dream, Marsh discovers their mission is far more sinister and perhaps more noble than he could have ever imagined.

About the author

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George R. R. Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin (born 20 September 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction and horror. His early work includes the novels Dying of the Light (1977), Fevre Dream and The Armageddon Rag, and the story collections Sandkings and Tuf Voyaging. From the mid-1980s he also wrote for television, on the revived The Twilight Zone and on Beauty and the Beast, where he became a co-supervising producer. He is best known for the epic fantasy sequence A Song...

Characters

Abner MarshProtagonist
Joshua YorkAntagonist
All characters in Fevre Dream