**A rediscovered classic of science fiction, set in a dystopian
twenty-second-century society where the winner takes all, a precursor to
The Hunger Games by one of the genre's first major female
writers--with an introduction by Naomi Alderman, New York Times
bestselling author of The Power and *Disobedience
Philadelphia, 1918: Three friends--brave, confident Viola Trenmore,
clever but shy Robert Drayton, and Viola's strong and hot-tempered
brother, Terry--discover a mysterious powder that transports them two
hundred years into the future. The Philadelphia of 2118 is no longer a
bustling metropolis but instead a completely isolated city recovering
from an unknown disaster. Citizens are issued identification tags
instead of having names, and society is split between a wealthy,
powerful minority and a downtrodden lower class. The position of supreme
authority is held by a woman, and once a year she oversees competitions
to the death to determine who rules alongside her. When Viola, Terry,
and Robert are forced to take part in these strange and deadly games, it
will take their combined wits for them to escape this strange world and
return home.
Equal parts adventure and dystopia, The Heads of Cerberus is an
unjustly forgotten work of early science fiction written by a
trailblazing master of the genre.
Praise for The Heads of Cerberus
"An early-twentieth-century time-travel dystopia whose vision of 2118
resonates eerily with our own century . . . a fast-paced, imaginative
yarn."*****--Kirkus Reviews*
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**"An intriguing and political time-travel adventure."****--*Publishers
Weekly
The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their
own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.**
