"New York Times" bestselling author Vonda N. McIntyre proves she is "blessed with both vision and genius" "(BookPage)" in this breathtaking tale -- part adventure story, part legend, and part Gothic novel-- what "Publishers Weekly" calls "a marvelous alternative history fable."

In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, principles, and even the sacred bond between brother and sister.

Marie-Josè phe de la Croix looks forward to assisting her adored brother in the scientific study of the rare sea monsters the king has commissioned him to seek. For the honor of his God, his country, and his king, Father Yves de la Croix returns with his treasures, believed to be the source of immortality: one heavy shroud packed in ice...and a covered basin that imprisons a shrieking creature.

The living sea monster, with its double tail, tangled hair, and gargoyle face, provides an intriguing experiment for Yves and the king. Yet for Marie-Josè phe, the creature's gaze and exquisite singing foretell a different future....

Soon Marie-Josè phe is contemplating choices that defy the institutions which power her world. Somehow, she must find the courage to follow her heart and her convictions -- even at the cost of changing her life forever.

A sensitive investigation of the integrity in all of us, "The Moon and the Sun" is destined to become a visionary classic.

馮達·N.麥金泰爾（Vonda N. McIntyre）

美國著名的科幻、奇幻小說作傢。1948年生於路易斯維爾，1970年獲得華盛頓大學生物學榮譽學士學位，1971年開始發錶作品。

其作品五次登上《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜。1973年其中篇小說《霧草沙》獲得星雲奬，1978年根據《霧草沙》擴展而成的長篇小說《夢蛇》獲得星雲奬和雨果奬，1997年《太陽王與海妖》力壓喬治•R.R.馬丁《權力的遊戲》獲星雲奬。此外，她還寫過一些《星際迷航》和《星球大戰》的小說。目前居住在西雅圖。