Legends of Australian Fantasy
Celebrate the legends of Australian fantasy. Extraordinary voices ... extraordinary worlds. Come to Erith, to a faerie tale with a sting, or to Obernewtyn, long before the Seeker was born. Revisit a dark pocket of history for the Magician′s Guild or get caught up in the confusion of an endlessly...
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Celebrate the legends of Australian fantasy. Extraordinary voices ... extraordinary worlds. Come to Erith, to a faerie tale with a sting, or to Obernewtyn, long before the Seeker was born. Revisit a dark pocket of history for the Magician′s Guild or get caught up in the confusion of an endlessly repeating day in the Citadel. Cross the wall, where Charter magic is all that lies between you and death. A trip with a graverobber can be gruesome, and it′s hard to share the fear of a woman who must kill her husband if her child is to rule ... A mysterious tale plays out in Sevenwaters. Catch up with Ros and Adi as they prepare for the greatest change of all. Other twists in these fabulous tales bring us to demonic destiny and an alternate WWII. These eleven short novels will take you on amazing new journeys with favourite characters from the worlds you know and love ... ′this is a book to savour, treasure, re-read′ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD on THE LOCUS AWARDS, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Charles N. Brown ′at once quintessentially Australian and enticingly other. If you read short fiction you′ll want this collection. If you don′t, this is a reason to start′ BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER on DREAMING AGAIN, edited by Jack Dann
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B003U5TTMM
Publish date: June 1st 2010
Publisher: Voyager
Pages no: 871
Edition language: English
Because it's hard to rate an anthology, I'm going to separate it by novel in my review.To Hold the Bridge: An Old Kingdom Story - Garth Nix - 4/5 starsI haven't read any of Garth Nix before, though I think I have Sabriel at home somewhere; I may even read it now after this short, which I quite enjoy...