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In the enchanting novel Prospero's Children, Jan Siegel introduced an extraordinary heroine and the lushly evocative world of wonders and terrors that quickly enveloped her normal adolescent life. Now Siegel summons us back to the magic with the continuing story of Fern Capel--and the remarkable power of her extraordinary Gift . . .
After surviving an amazing, terrifying summer twelve years ago, Fern makes a fateful decision: to deny the mystical powers that pulse through her family's past. Yearning for a simple, quiet life, she decides to marry a man twenty years her senior, a man who insists they wed at the Capels' summer house in Yarrowdale, a place swelling with mood, marvel, and magic. For when Fern returns there with her best friend, Gaynor, ancient, sinister forces reawaken.
Yet Fern has had enough: Enough of running from her fate, enough of hiding from her Gift. As she turns to face her destiny, the real world falls away, and Fern is once again swept into another land, removed from Time, void of comfort. It will take all her skill and daring to fight her way back to the present and save the people she loves from the ever-growing danger that threatens to destroy them. And to her utmost surprise, the key to survival is a dragon with the capacity to rule the world . . . but who will relinquish it all to one man.
Jan Siegel has created an intense, fascinating world. To surrender yourself under her captivating spell is to remember how remarkably powerful a literary voyage can be.
From the Hardcover edition.
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In this highly imaginative and darkly charming adult fantasy, the sequel to 2000's Prospero's Children, some dozen years have elapsed since the horrifying events of the earlier novel. Fernanda Capel, now a young woman, is vainly attempting to leave the Gift behind and abandon her heritage of witchcraft. In pursuit of a normal life, she even accepts a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't love. But the supernatural keeps intruding with signs and portents she chooses to ignore. Then the night before her wedding, while driving home from an impromptu bachelorette party, Fern falls into a mysterious coma. She winds up in hospital, but her soul finds itself imprisoned in the roots of a tree in purgatory, where Fern takes the opportunity to learn some strange secrets from her captors. Once soul and body are reunited, she must go to the rescue of her sober, level-headed best friend, Gaynor Mobberly, as well as prevent an ancient terror from being released into the real world. British author Siegel neatly weaves the supernatural into the ordinary, while her supporting characters are a delight: Ragginbone, a centuries-old wizard who appears to be a derelict; invisible Bodachin, a Scottish house goblin; and Moonspittle, who demonstrates what goes on in those curio shops that are never open. Those who like an entertaining escape from reality should be pleased. (July 3)Forecast: With a five-city author tour and author appearances at major SF conventions this summer, plus a sample chapter included in the mass-market edition of Prospero's Children (June), this title should make a run up genre bestseller lists.
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Since the traumatic events in Prospero's Children (2000), Fern has rejected her extraordinary gift. But when she returns to the family's remote Yorkshire house to wed an older man she likes but doesn't love, the ancient evil forces that want to control the gift awaken. Drawn from her body by Morgus, Fern's spirit is taken outside of time and within the roots of the Tree of Life. As her brother, Will, her best friend, Gaynor, and the hoary Ragginbone search for her, she craftily learns as much as possible from Morgus. Finally, with the help of Morgus' misshapen son, Kaliban, she plucks the head of the last dragon charmer from where it hangs on the Tree of Life, hoping that it can charm the last dragon and help her save the world from the evil Azmordis. Siegel draws on ancient Scottish lore, Arthurian legend, and the myth of Atlantis in another enigmatic, preternatural narrative that ambles in and outside of time, between past and present, dream and reality, and world and underworld. Sally Estes
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Library : Fantasy
Universes : Fern Capel [02]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780345442581
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