- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Voyager; New edition edition (11 Jun 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0586215239
- ISBN-13: 978-0586215234
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 227,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘The major fantasy work of the eighties’ Charles de Lint
‘THE FIONAVAR TAPESTRY will be read and reread from many years to come’ Fantasy Review
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.Product Description
This is the second book in the Fionavar trilogy. It finds the evil Rakoth threatening the existence of Fionavar. To stop him, Kimberly Ford and her companions from Earth must summon the Warrior. But desperate measures can have desperate consequences when curses and prophecies are involved.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A sequel to The Summer Tree, this book continues the struggles of the cursed lands of Fionavar, where Maugrim's hordes chase all living things, trying to unravel the tapestry, to undo creation as they know it. The giants are attacked and killed by their hundreds, being creatures of peace and not finding it in their heart to save themselves, The Great Hunt ( a loan from Keltic lore) is summoned when it seems a fight is nearly lost, but he wild magic cannot be commanded and it brings destruction to all it encounters. A son leaves his mother to meet his winged companion and kin spirit, a unicorn and they fight fiercely together, ever diminishing the boy's powers..
Two of the worlds most famous fighters are brought into the world, Lancelot and Arthur. With them they bring Guinevere and the treachery and sad stories of old.
Together they unite against maugrim, but is it enough?
I read the book as spellbound and regard it as very good Fantasy! Kay continues to weave the tapestry more intricate by the page and creates a marvellous story.
Two of the worlds most famous fighters are brought into the world, Lancelot and Arthur. With them they bring Guinevere and the treachery and sad stories of old.
Together they unite against maugrim, but is it enough?
I read the book as spellbound and regard it as very good Fantasy! Kay continues to weave the tapestry more intricate by the page and creates a marvellous story.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Middle part of sub-Tolkien Holiday from Amerika trilogy, notable for interesting use material from teutonic and celtic myth, including sacrifice of young man to the sexual aspect of the Goddess. Also interesting use of the Wild Hunt, and integration of Matter of Britain material. What makes me think he was brought up on The Wierdstone of Brisingamen? Could it be because all the themes of that book are here in spades?
This, together with the rest of the Fionavar trilogy, is good, interesting and complex fantasy, but nothing like as good as Kay's later work, such as Tigana.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this is the second of three fionavar tapestry books. it is very well done. kay is very good at integrating realistic and fantastic elements. i think he could have done a slightly better job of integrating the two main worlds, making the otherworldliness of the main characters more important to the plot. this book imports several mythological characters, while still retaining its own flavor.
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The Black Sheep of the trilogy
So, you have read 'The Summer Tree' and you are suspensfully running to the shop to get the second in the trilogy only two find out two quite annoying facts about this book:... Read more
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Published on 11 Mar 2001
If you thought the Summer Tree was good then try this.....
The second book in the Fionavar Tapestry is another delightful read, fantasy doesn't come any better than this.
Published on 27 Feb 2000 by Nicholas Elliott
Wonderful!
Quite simply, Guy Gavriel Kay is the best fantasy author around. Even in this, one of his earlier books, he is capable of injecting more reality than any other author. Read more
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