Knight's Wyrd - Hardcover

Doyle, Debra; MacDonald, James D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152007644 ISBN 13: 9780152007645

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1992

Synopsis

After a mage foretells his ominous fate, Will Odosson embarks on a series of perilous adventures, encountering a man-eating troll, carnivorous mermaids, a dragon, an immortal ogre, and Death himself along the way.

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About the Authors

Dr. Debra Doyle (born 1952) is an American author writing in multiple related genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Many of her stories are co-written with her husband, James D. Macdonald. Their novel, Knight's Wyrd, was awarded the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1992 and appeared on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list in 1993.

Together Dr. Doyle and Uncle Jim (James Macdonald) make up part of the core membership of the sff.net website and rec.arts.sff newsgroup. Both of them also teach at the Viable Paradise genre writer's workshop on Martha's Vineyard. 

James D. Macdonald (1954- ) is an American author and critic who lives in New Hampshire with his wife and frequent collaborator, Dr. Debra Doyle. He works in several genres, concentrating on fantasy, but also writing science fiction, and mystery and media tie-ins.

Macdonald was born in 1954, and raised in White Plains, New York. He attended the University of Rochester, and went on to serve in the US Navy for fifteen years. He has been writing professionally since the early 1990s and has published 35 novels.

Reviews

Grade 5-8-- Just as young Will Odosson prepares himself to become a knight in the kingdom of Anglia, he learns from Wizard Fin of his ominous ``wyrd'' or fate--that he will never take his father's seat as Lord of Restonbury and that he will soon meet death. Fearing the warning, Will nevertheless bravely swears knightly fealty and sets out to fulfill his true destiny. In this suspenseful fantasy that takes place in an imaginary realm similar to, but not meant to be, England, X its medieval setting is strewn with elements of the supernatural: wizardry, ghosts, apparitions, dragons, charms, ogres, and giants. Fast-paced and action-packed, the book is filled with surprising encounters, as well as life and death struggles, X concentratingX more on atmosphere and action than on characterization. Terrors and grisly demises are graphically described, making this not a book for the squeamish. The ending suggests a sequel; readers will certainly look forward to Will's continuing quests as well as to those of his feisty betrothed, Isobel. --Yvonne Frey, Peoria Public Schools, IL
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Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152007644
• ISBN 13: 9780152007645
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176