[Jewel of the Moon 01] • Jewel of the Moon · Short Stories

Pain and pleasure, ecstasy and horror fuse in this

splendid array of worldly parables from the pen of a master.

What if you were a double amputee, singing for joy on the

streets of New York . . . or a man who has actually held the earth in his

hands? What if you were both the god and goddess in one of the most exalted

erotic experiences in the universe . . . or the artist Correggio in the

bitterness of his most sublime work . . . or a serving maid dreaming of love

and luxury in a palace of death . . . or

a man on a fatal mission, treading a battlefield ruled by a dying god?

If you have the spirit and the longing to imagine,

come along on a journey to the heart of passion—where love and hate are mirror

images, where the alternating pulse beats of craving and denial define desire.

Only William Kotzwinkle's

extraordinary talent could chart such a course, could send his vision soaring

through so many forms of fancy. In Jewel of the Moon, he transcends even his own marvelous powers of invention to create a

cosmology of constant surprise—and irresistible enchantment.