The Keeper of the Isis Light (Isis, book 1) by Monica Hughes

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Keeper of the Isis Light (Isis, book 1) by Monica Hughes

Comments

[james_davis_nicoll]

That is a rather misleading cover.

[kathmandu]

I was guessing as much, based on the bits you said about Guardian's directives and when you chose to mention them.

[ba_munronoe]

Me mother was the keeper of the Isis Light,
and slept with an Earth-man one fine night...

[conuly]

The hell is with that outfit!?

Also: Great trilogy, but I spend the entire third book worrying about the population bottleneck.

[chuk_g]

I loved Hughes' books when I was young enough that I didn't think about them very hard.

How inconsistent?

[(Anonymous)]

Also, the penultimate cover just might be attempt at ambiguity.

[(Anonymous)]

So did Guardian perform some sort of mutation-inducing surgery on her that rendered her face non-human-looking? Or, as that cover showing her with green skin suggests, did he give her some sort of chlorophyll implants so she could photosynthesize instead of having to drink milk or eat baby food that a robot might find difficult to produce?

Marfisa

[james_davis_nicoll]

Basically, yes. Thicker skin, better lungs, stronger bones and muscles.