Black Sun Rising (Coldfire Trilogy, Book 1)

✍ Scribed by Friedman, Celia

• Publisher: Orbit
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 455 KB
• Series: Coldfire Trilogy, Book 1
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781841495415

✦ Synopsis

From Library Journal

For over a thousand years, the colonists of the planet Erna have struggled to gain control over a land prone to seismic instability and infused with a wild, near-sentient natural force known as ''the fae.'' While sorcerers and adepts manipulate the dark and light sides of this power, the Church maintains its stance in opposition to its use. As the dark side of the fae grows in strength, feeding off the nightmares and greed of the minds that are drawn to it, four individuals form an unwilling alliance to battle the source of evil. Friedman ( In Conquest Born , DAW, dist. by NAL, 1978; The Madness Season , DAW, dist. by NAL, 1990) has produced a splendid hybrid of sf and fantasy in this first volume of a trilogy. Hauntingly memorable protagonists, high drama, and vivid world-building mark the beginning of what promises to be a magnum opus of the imagination. A priority purchase for fantasy or sf collections.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

A magnum opus of the imagination. (_Library Journal_) Lyric and fanciful...classic high fantasy. (_Locus_) Hard to put down. (_Midwest Book Review_) --None

From Library Journal

For over a thousand years, the colonists of the planet Erna have struggled to gain control over a land prone to seismic instability and infused with a wild, near-sentient natural force known as ''the fae.'' While sorcerers and adepts manipulate the dark and light sides of this power, the Church maintains its stance in opposition to its use. As the dark side of the fae grows in strength, feeding off the nightmares and greed of the minds that are drawn to it, four individuals form an unwilling alliance to battle the source of evil. Friedman ( In Conquest Born , DAW, dist. by NAL, 1978; The Madness Season , DAW, dist. by NAL, 1990) has produced a splendid hybrid of sf and fantasy in this first volume of a trilogy. Hauntingly memorable protagonists, high drama, and vivid world-building mark the beginning of what promises to be a magnum opus of the imagination. A priority purchase for fantasy or sf collections.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

A magnum opus of the imagination. (_Library Journal_) Lyric and fanciful...classic high fantasy. (_Locus_) Hard to put down. (_Midwest Book Review_) --None