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by Jan Siegel (Author) "The mermaid rose out of deep water into the stormheart ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager; New edition edition (4 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006512801
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006512806
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 179,996 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Fern and Will, the children of a feckless art dealer find themselves sharing the remote farmhouse he has inherited with his current, and sinister, mistress. Something snuffles outside; a stone in the garden, which bears an odd resemblance to a passing tramp, moves in the night; a wolfish dog befriends them. Dreams and sleepwalking and the most remarkable video-tape ever watched provide the 16-year-old Fern with evidence that the world is not the controllable, rational place she thought it was, and that her own future is to be altogether more remarkable, and full of pain and wisdom, than she has expected ... Jan Siegel has taken the material of a hundred good children's fantasies and from it woven a book which hovers, like her heroine, on the brink of being fully adult, with the visionary power that often comes from inhabiting the threshold between states. Her handling of shop-worn questions like the paradoxes of time, the price of souls and the sinking of Atlantis, is as fresh and remarkable as fantasy ever gets; this impressive first novel is a classic in the making, and, it is to be hoped, the debut of a brilliant career. --Roz Kaveney


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Fern and Will, the children of a feckless art dealer find themselves sharing the remote farmhouse he has inherited with his current, and sinister, mistress. Something snuffles outside; a stone in the garden, which bears an odd resemblance to a passing tramp, moves in the night; a wolfish dog befriends them. Dreams and sleepwalking and the most remarkable video-tape ever watched provide the sixteen-year-old Fern with evidence that the world is not the controllable, rational place she thought it was, and that her own future is to be altogether more remarkable, and full of pain and wisdom, than she has expected ... Jan Siegel has taken the material of a hundred good children's fantasies and from it woven a book which hovers, like her heroine, on the brink of being fully adult, with the visionary power that often comes from inhabiting the threshold between states. Her handling of shop-worn questions like the paradoxes of time, the price of souls and the sinking of Atlantis, is as fresh and remarkable as fantasy ever gets; this impressive first novel is a classic in the making, and, it is to be hoped, the debut of a brilliant career. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!, 13 Sep 2004
By Ms. M. S. Cottage "glitter_fairies" (Basildon, Essex) - See all my reviews
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I stumbled on Prospero's Children by chance as my boyfriend had purchased it on the internet but when it arrived it just lay on his desk as he was too busy to start reading it.
I glanced at the cover and read the inside and it sounded interesting and seemed like one of the books that I'd enjoy so I then started to have a little read, which in turn, led to a very big read as I just couldn't put the book down!
This book is excellent and I was suprised that I'd never heard of it before or seen it in shops as it is definantly one of the best fantasy books I have ever read!
Jan Siegel's style of writing is beautiful and you instantly start to bond with the characters ,especially Fern, the 16 year old heroine of the tale, as I am teenager myself so it was easy to relate to her and her feelings.
I couldn't wait to read the second book 'The Dragon Charmer' which I have actually just finished reading and that was excellent too!
I'm now waiting to read the last in the triology 'Witch's Honour' even though I do not want this fabulous series to end :(
I'd recommend this book to any fantasy loving reader who likes such books as Harry Potter, Lord Of the Rings, Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen as Prospero's Children is just as fantastic and exciting as any one of them!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful fantasy for both young and older adults., 14 Dec 2000
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Prospero's Children is a book that would have utterly captured me at 16 and does a fine job of doing it now at 30-mumble. This is a deceptively simple book. "Plucky young folk must find a magical object or the world will end." In other hands, this would be very standard fare. But Ms. Siegel creates some truly fascinating characters, a wonderfully rendered Atlantis, and a beliveable heroine in Fernanda. This is a well-thought out world, realistic enough to make the scarier scenes very believeable. It held my attention well into the wee hours of the morning, no mean feat these days! Prospero's Children is listed as the first book in a trilogy, but it stands well on its own. I would recommend this to anyone who likes their fantasy fresh and strong. I look forward to the next book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional new fantasy writer, 18 Feb 2001
By richbeth@netcomuk.co.uk (Derbyshire, England) - See all my reviews
I agree with the previous reviewer. This is storytelling of the first class. Whilst there's nothing new here, somewhere or other you will have heard all these themes aired before, it's a professional job which kept me engrossed from beginning to end.
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