The Pillars of the World

Author: Bishop, Anne

Brand: Roc

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• Roc

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 432

Release Date: 01-10-2001

Details: Product Description
The first novel in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's Tir Alainn Trilogy.

The youngest in a long line of witches, Ari senses that things are changing—changing for the worse. For generations, her kin have tended the Old Places, keeping the land safe and fertile. But with the Summer Moon, the mood of her neighbors has soured. And Ari is no longer safe.
 
The Fae have long ignored what occurs in the mortal world, passing through on their shadowy roads only long enough to amuse themselves. But the roads are slowly disappearing, leaving the Fae Clans isolated and alone.
 
Where harmony between the spiritual and the natural has always reigned, a dissonant chord now rings in the ears of both Fae and mortal. And when murmurs of a witch-hunt hum through the town, some begin to wonder if the different omens are notes in the same tune.
 
And all they have to guide them is a passing reference to something called the Pillars of the World...
From Booklist
In Sylvalan, a witch hunt is in full force. As witches and innocents are brutally murdered, magic disappears from the land, and the roads between the worlds of humans and of faery vanish one by one. Ari's family has tended one of the Old Places for generations, keeping the magic alive and the land lush and fertile. But with the midsummer moon, Ari's life changes dramatically. She unknowingly takes a
Fae lover, the Lord of the Sun, and immediately becomes suspect to faery nobility, who neither trust nor mingle willingly with humankind, except for the occasional caprice. But Ari's life and the future of the Fae depend upon the nobles' willingness to change their elitist ways. For the inquisitor Adolpho--the Witch's Hammer--has come to Ari's door, and only the Fae and the secret of Ari's bloodline can save her and the magic she protects. Bishop only adds luster to her reputation for fine fantasy.
Paula Luedtke

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Review
Praise for Pillars of the World
 
“Bishop only adds luster to her reputation for fine fantasy.”—
Booklist
 
“Reads like a beautiful ballad involving two humans who believe love is the ultimate magical force in the universe....Fans of romance and fantasy will delight in this engaging tale.”—BookBrowser
 
“Provides plenty of thrills, faerie magic, human nastiness, and romance.”—
Locus“Fast-paced adventure, a winsome heroine, and a satisfying conclusion...Entertaining.”—
Voya 
About the Author
New York Times bestselling author
Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Others—including
Etched in Bone, 
Marked in Flesh,
Vision in Silver,
Murder of Crows, and
Written in Red. She lives in upstate New York.

EAN: 9780451458506

Package Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches

Languages: English