The Battle of Evernight - Softcover

Dart-Thornton, Cecilia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447255674 ISBN 13: 9781447255673

Publisher: TOR, 2004

Synopsis

Once upon a time the great Faeran high king, Angavar, became trapped in mortal Erith along with his twin brother - and nemesis - Morragan 'the Raven Prince', when the gate to the Faeran Realm was closed on them. . . Now, many centuries later, the fugitive who calls herself Tahquil has at last discovered the truth. She is being hunted down by the Raven Prince because she alone can reopen the gate to the Fair Realm, so Morragan plans to use her for his escape from exile. However, Tahquil's mind is still clouded by a potent spell called the Bitterbynde, and she is also dying from a mystical wasting disease. The cure, and the final answers to the mystery of her past, can only be found in Evernight - at the fortress of the Raven Prince himself. Though Tahquil has already survived deadly trials of goblins, spriggans, pixies and haunts, nothing can prepare her for the horror that is Evernight. Here magic rules, the sun is banished -- and the Raven Prince's whims shape the very nature of existence. As Morragan's wights and Angavar's knights become locked in a battle that could engulf all of Erith, Tahquil's quest for the truth finally hinges on a desperate choice. If she opens the Gate, will she thereby save two worlds -- or instead destroy everything she holds dear

About this title

About the Author:

Cecilia Dart-Thornton is the author of numerous bestselling fantasy novels, notably the Bitterbynde Trilogy. The Washington Post reported that the first summer after Neilsen Booktrack launched in Australia, it showed Dart-Thornton's newly launched fantasy tome The Ill-Made Mute hitting the Herald's best-seller list, ranked next to mainstream authors and 'serious' fiction. Technology, in one swift blow, destroyed a decades-long publishers' bias against fantasy. It demonstrated that what people were really buying was simply not reflected in the old bestseller lists, based as they were on reports from a small panel of bookshops. The reality was, people were buying fantasy - in particular, they were buying The Ill-Made Mute. This debut novel and its two sequels in the 'Bitterbynde Trilogy' went on to win fans and accolades across the globe. The Ill-Made Mute was listed on Amazon's Best, Locus Magazine's Best First Novels, the Sydney Morning Herald's Top Twenty and the Australian Publishers' Association 'Australia's Favourite Read'. The Bitterbynde Trilogy, including The Battle of Evernight, is published in five languages and distributed in more than fifty countries around the world.

Review:

Through the lyrical use of Celtic MYTHS AND LEGENDS, Dart-Thornton weaves the reader a world full of magic and wonder, creating a magnificent, visual landscape and culture that provides SHEER ENCHANTMENT for the reader.
- MYSTERIOUS GALAXY

What most SETS THIS WORK APART from many of its contemporaries is the detailed and imaginative work of world building.
- REVOLUTION SCIENCE FICTION

From book one through book three of The Bitterbynde Trilogy I found myself ENTHRALLED IN A UNIQUE TALE, intricately woven, and populated by an extraordinary number of supernatural creatures drawn from British and Celtic folklore.
- CHRISTOPHER GILBERT

Cecilia Dart-Thornton takes her readers to THE DEEPER STRATA OF FANTASY..
- THE AUSTRALIAN

Dart-Thornton has a lyric style, a gorgeous perception of nature, and a fascinatingly inventive world that interweaves traditional tales and balladry with some STUPENDOUSLY ORIGINAL CREATIVITY - a richly colorful storyteller - outstanding work!
- JANNY WURTZ

This is so COMPLEX I found I couldn't read generic fantasy for a week.
- SCIENCEFICTION.COM

About this edition

• Publisher: TOR
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1447255674
• ISBN 13: 9781447255673
• Binding: Paperback