HOLY GROUND TRILOGY (3 books)
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JUDITH MOFFETT
Get all three books of the trilogy for one low price. To see descriptions of each, click on any of the links below:
The Ragged World
Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream
The Bird Shaman
- April, June, and July 2026
- trade paperbacks, 6 x 9
- Pre-order copies below; Other venues for ebook & print copies forthcoming.
Get all three books of the trilogy for one low price. To see descriptions of each, click on any of the links below:
The Ragged World
Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream
The Bird Shaman
Praise for The Ragged World:
“Everyone who plays a role in this complicated narrative is a stubbornly self-possessed individual . . . You will be engaged and moved.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“The Ragged World: A Novel of the Hefn on Earth is based on her well-received tales of the gnome-like Hefn. . . Moffett has done a marvelous job integrating [several stories] into a book the publisher refers to most accurately as a stunning mosaic. Each story is a tile, part of a larger pattern which, viewed as a whole, reveals the intelligence and the skill of the maker…In the end it all connects, and it all matters. The Ragged World is a triumph.”
— Faren Miller in Locus
“Moffett has yet to write anything I don’t like, and this book works well either as a novel or a series of related stories.”
— Science Fiction Chronicle
“A small, moving, personal novel spliced together from previously published and new material (including the widely admired “Tiny Tango”), about the effect on a few intertwined lives when aliens assume control of our planet.
— Kirkus Review
Praise for Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream:
“Moffett’s combination of harsh realism with visionary zeal addresses contemporary issues and personal struggles with compassion and insight.”
— Library Journal
“. . . an exceptional sequel to The Ragged World . . . Fine insights on alien/human understanding permeate a compelling, dramatic and realistic story.”
— Bookwatch (San Francisco)
“Thanks to some adroitly handled introductory matter, the new book stands on its own as a narrative. More to the point, it breaks new ground in the successful integration of science fiction and the mainstream novel.”
— Gerald Jonas, The New York Times Book Review
“Keenly and lovingly observed reality, in place, event, and character, to a degree rarely found in fantasy or SF . . . This is good work.”
— Suzy McKee Charnas
Praise for The Bird Shaman:
“In The Bird Shaman, a kidnapping and a dream (or “dream”?) start things moving and lead to sensational results. Unlike most works of SF or science-fantasy on this scale, it continues to portray [its] people in very human terms, with major characters who don't become avatars, demigods, or even heroes with a capital H . . . Moffett provokes you to think and feel.”
— Locus
“Readers who enjoyed The Ragged World and Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream when they first appeared, will find The Bird Shaman equally compelling. Moffett’s books will also be of interest to readers of Octavia Butler, Sheri Tepper, Kim Stanley Robinson, Joan Slonczewsk and other writers with a strong environmental bent . . . Adult readers will find the world of Judith Moffett’s Hefn enormously rewarding.”
— The New York Review of Science Fiction
“By choosing controversial subjects and then treating them to generic solutions as experienced through the lives of fully-modulated characters, Moffett shows a mature sense of balance, and an active engagement with sf as an exploratory mode . . . it is to be hoped that Holy Ground, now that it is complete, becomes a central text for the times.”
— John Clute, editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
"A fine novel and a powerful end to [this] big trilogy . . . I liked the whole end of the macro-plot with the bears and the wild creatures coming back as part of their life cycle. It put a whole new livelihood of interpretation on what the HefnGafr 'stand for' in our psychic story."
— Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future
“Everyone who plays a role in this complicated narrative is a stubbornly self-possessed individual . . . You will be engaged and moved.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“The Ragged World: A Novel of the Hefn on Earth is based on her well-received tales of the gnome-like Hefn. . . Moffett has done a marvelous job integrating [several stories] into a book the publisher refers to most accurately as a stunning mosaic. Each story is a tile, part of a larger pattern which, viewed as a whole, reveals the intelligence and the skill of the maker…In the end it all connects, and it all matters. The Ragged World is a triumph.”
— Faren Miller in Locus
“Moffett has yet to write anything I don’t like, and this book works well either as a novel or a series of related stories.”
— Science Fiction Chronicle
“A small, moving, personal novel spliced together from previously published and new material (including the widely admired “Tiny Tango”), about the effect on a few intertwined lives when aliens assume control of our planet.
— Kirkus Review
Praise for Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream:
“Moffett’s combination of harsh realism with visionary zeal addresses contemporary issues and personal struggles with compassion and insight.”
— Library Journal
“. . . an exceptional sequel to The Ragged World . . . Fine insights on alien/human understanding permeate a compelling, dramatic and realistic story.”
— Bookwatch (San Francisco)
“Thanks to some adroitly handled introductory matter, the new book stands on its own as a narrative. More to the point, it breaks new ground in the successful integration of science fiction and the mainstream novel.”
— Gerald Jonas, The New York Times Book Review
“Keenly and lovingly observed reality, in place, event, and character, to a degree rarely found in fantasy or SF . . . This is good work.”
— Suzy McKee Charnas
Praise for The Bird Shaman:
“In The Bird Shaman, a kidnapping and a dream (or “dream”?) start things moving and lead to sensational results. Unlike most works of SF or science-fantasy on this scale, it continues to portray [its] people in very human terms, with major characters who don't become avatars, demigods, or even heroes with a capital H . . . Moffett provokes you to think and feel.”
— Locus
“Readers who enjoyed The Ragged World and Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream when they first appeared, will find The Bird Shaman equally compelling. Moffett’s books will also be of interest to readers of Octavia Butler, Sheri Tepper, Kim Stanley Robinson, Joan Slonczewsk and other writers with a strong environmental bent . . . Adult readers will find the world of Judith Moffett’s Hefn enormously rewarding.”
— The New York Review of Science Fiction
“By choosing controversial subjects and then treating them to generic solutions as experienced through the lives of fully-modulated characters, Moffett shows a mature sense of balance, and an active engagement with sf as an exploratory mode . . . it is to be hoped that Holy Ground, now that it is complete, becomes a central text for the times.”
— John Clute, editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
"A fine novel and a powerful end to [this] big trilogy . . . I liked the whole end of the macro-plot with the bears and the wild creatures coming back as part of their life cycle. It put a whole new livelihood of interpretation on what the HefnGafr 'stand for' in our psychic story."
— Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future
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