The Wandering Fire

Book Details

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Author(s):

Guy Gavriel Kay

First Pub:

1986

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

2020

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 4

Part I - The Warrior

Part II - Owein

Part III - Dun Maura

Part IV - Cader Sedat

Internal ID:

2461

Series:

<- The Summer Tree - The Darkest Road ->

Fionavar Tapestry*

#2 of 3

Fionavar Tapestry*

A series of fanasy novels by Guy Gavriel Kay.

View this series in the book list

1) The Summer Tree
2) The Wandering Fire
3) The Darkest Road

Copyright:

Dedication:

The Wandering Fire is dedicated to my wife,
LAURA,
who came with me to find it.

First Sentence:

Winter was coming.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"She will be waiting for you."

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 01-Oct-2019

Last Updated: 13-Feb-2020

Publications

01-Jul-1987

Ace

Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jul-1987

Format:

Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.50

Pages*:

271

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2022

Publisher:

Ace

ISBN:

0-441-87046-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-441-87046-2

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Martin Springett - Cover Artist

THE WANDERING FIRE

Rakoth Maugrim sits in his mountain of ice, imprisoning Fionavar with the cold touch of eternal winter.

The kings and wizards of his own world have failed against him; how can five men and women of our world hope to succeed? Even if one wears the glowing Baelrath on her finger, and can raise the very dead from their rest. Even if one durvived the Summer Tree, and another carries the Horn of Pendaran Wood. Even if one bears Rakoth Maugrim's own son...

"Kay... might well have created the mahor fantasy work of the '80s."
-CHARLES DE LINT

"Certain to become an important figure in the field."
-LOCUS

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Arbor House edition / May 1986
Ace edition / July 1987
No number line - first edition paperback assumed

I picked this up at Second Chance Books and Comics with a Christmas gift certificate from my daughter.

All Covers for this edition of the series

Date Issued:

01-Sep-2009

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$26.95

Length:

10 hrs 48 min

"Read":

Once

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1942

Publisher:

Penguin Audio

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Simon Vance - Narration

From audible.com:

A mage's power has brought five university students from our world into a realm where an ancient evil has freed itself from captivity to wreak revenge on its enemies....

The Wandering Fire is the second novel of Guy Gavriel Kay's critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Author(s)

Guy Gavriel Kay
Birth: 07 Nov 1954 Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Awards

1987

Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association

Aurora Award

Winner

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