The Judas Rose

An instant cult classic upon first publication, Suzette Haden Elgins Native Tongue trilogy has earned wide critical acclaim, shocking and captivating a loyal readership among science fiction and womens literature audiences alike.

Sequel to the enormously popular Native Tongue, The Judas Rosecontinues Elgins gripping vision of a frightening, male-dominated world where the women of Earth are virtually enslaved. Once again, this group of women-and the nonviolent yet transformative power of language-is called upon to challenge Earths violent, patriarchal order. Their revolutionary tool is Laadan-a secret womens language created to free them from mens control and make resistance possible for all women.

In The Judas Rose, the time has come to take Laadan from underground and spread its revolutionary power to women everywhere-in part, through a group of nuns inside the Roman Catholic Church. But when a handful of horrified priests uncover the womens sabotage they move to stamp it out with an undercover female agent of their own.