The Keep Of Fire: 2nd in the 'Last Rune' series of books

Anthony, Mark

ISBN 10: 0684860414 / ISBN 13: 9780684860411

Published by Simon & Schuster / Earthlight, 1999

About this Item

© 1999: 2nd in the 'Last Rune' series of books. 1st UK edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: A strange heat rises, burning across two worlds, bringing with it a plague of fire: a scourge that causes not death, but dark transformation. Bar-owner and otherworldly traveller Travis Wilder has slipped into his old life in Colorado. But his peace is short-lived as he finds himself hunted by two mysterious organisations, each seeking knowledge of the otherworld, Eldh. On Eldh, Grace Beckett - modern-day doctor and medieval witch - discovers that Travis has returned, and that he is yet in peril. Aided by a band of true companions, Grace embarks on an urgent mission to save Travis, only to learn that his fate is caught in the web of a greater evil. Dark beings called the Burnt Ones walk the land, setting it ablaze as a new red star shines in the south. Reunited, Travis and Grace must find the Stone of Fire before it falls into evil's hands. Or both worlds will burn in everlasting flame:- (original cost £9.99).

Seller Inventory # 21.089.00107

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Keep Of Fire: 2nd in the 'Last Rune' series of books
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Earthlight
• Publication Date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0684860414
• ISBN 13: 9780684860411
• Binding: Paperback: 9¼" x 6"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Steve Youll
• Edition: 1st UK Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear
• Weight: 0.61 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

The second in the "Last Rune" series, unfolding the connections between the fantasy world of Eld and our own Earth. Travis Wilder is contacted on his return to Earth, by a Seeker, but has to be rescued from a near-fatal situation by a magical call from Eld.

From the Back Cover

From an exciting new master of fantasy comes the second novel of an epic tale filled with dangerous magic, dark mystery, and unrelenting suspense

Travis Wilder has returned from the otherworld of Eldh, hoping to settle back into his humdrum life in the mountains of contemporary Colorado. But he soon finds himself stalked by two shadowy organizations, each aware of his incredible journey and each determined to exploit it -- whatever the cost to Travis...or to Eldh. Meanwhile, a terrifying new contagion is spreading like wildfire, a disease with no cure, which some are comparing to the Black Plague.

When the disease strikes his closest friend, Travis is drawn back to Eldh, where the same epidemic, known as the Burning Plague, is wreaking another kind of havoc. There, in a realm of gods and monsters, myths and runecraft, Travis and his former companion Grace Beckett -- herself from Earth, but now living on Eldh -- must solve the riddle of the plague. Where did it come from? What is its purpose? And how can it possibly be stopped...before it completely destroys two coexisting worlds: ancient Eldh and modern Earth.