The Bones of Time

Set in Hawaii and the Far East, The Bones of Time revolves around the secret of the preserved bones of the greatest of the old Hawaiian kings, Kamehameha. Goonan interweaves two story lines, each with its own central character: Cen, a mathematician who falls in love with a girl from the past and works desperately to join her by solving the riddle of time travel; and Linda, a young woman who rescues the only surviving clone of Kamehameha. The key to the solution of both stories is the bones. But each of the stories opens vistas of future history, and of the past, that are dense with meaning and rich with promise. In Hawaii, A Conflict Erupts Between The Nationalist Homeland Movement And The Interspace Corporation Which Rules The Island Like A Colony, Resorting To Murder To Maintain Control. A Plan Is Hatched By The Movement's Leaders To Hijack A Giant Spaceship Being Built On The Island By The Corporation. By The Author Of Queen City Jazz. Kathleen Ann Goonan. A Tom Doherty Associates Book. According to Lucius Sheppard: "Time travel, Kamehameha's clone and electric Tibet are all conjoined in this marvelous novel. With THE BONES OF TIME, Kathleen Ann Goonan clearly establishes herself as the best writer to enter the field in the 1990's." This is the first E-book edition of a now classic SF novel. The first US edition appeared in 1996.