The Black Chalice - Softcover

Jakober, Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441008968 ISBN 13: 9780441008964

Publisher: Ace Trade, 2002

Synopsis

The year is 1134. In an isolated German monastery, an aging monk begins the history of a war. It is in part his own story, for he was there, thirty-one years before, as squire to the proud Crusader knight Karelian of Lys.
But even as Paul begins his history, a strange encounter with the Otherworld enchants his quill. He can no longer write the cautionary Christian tale his superiors expect; he must write what he truly remembers.

About this title

From the Author

A Message to My Readers

I grew up in a world where there were six months of winter, bad roads, few neighbors, and no schools. Books were everything. I lived in them, and in large measure I still do. And whether I'm reading them or writing them, I'm still fascinated by the same questions-what and why? At the heart of everything which happens in the human world lie ideas about how the world works-or how it ought to work-ideas about power and authority, male and female, love and sex, truth and divinity. And I always wonder what would happen if some of those ideas were changed-not just the ones we think are changeable, but more especially, the ones we think are not.

I've loved many books which explored such questions, extrapolating into the far future, or building alternative worlds. But somehow when I write my own, I generally find myself tackling the questions here, in our own world, our own past, with our own beliefs and history on the drawing board.

I am, I suppose, someone who's never been scared of a good scrap.

About the Author

Marie Jakober grew up in a log cabin on a small homestead in northern Alberta, Canada. Her home schooling, by correspondence, and an imaginative flair for storytelling brought her international recognition at age thirteen with the publication of her poem The Fairy Queen.

Ms. Jakober graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, with distinction, and has toured, lectured and served on numerous panels, including the 1988 international panel of History and Mythology in the Modern World. She writes both speculative and historical fiction. The Black Chalice is her fifth novel. She lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Trade
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0441008968
• ISBN 13: 9780441008964
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 480