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The Summer Country (Paperback)

by James A. Hetley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Ace Books (Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0441009727
  • ISBN-13: 978-0441009725
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.3 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,489,602 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Step sideways into the Summer Country, 19 Oct 2003
A modern "faerie tale" with a dark earthy twist. Maureen is a woman surviving - just - day to day in modern small town America. Life is not easy for her - and it's just about to get harder, thanks to the arrival "Brian Albion" and his bitter enemies. A war has been raging in the lands of the Summer Country ever since the days of Arthur and beyond.

Don't expect pretty Elves and sweet fairies here!

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5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! So good I'll have to buy my own copy now, 5 Jan 2008
By Mary C "NurseMare" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Summer Country (Paperback)
I borrowed this book from my local library. It's so good that I know I'll want to read it again someday!
This is story of a quartet of characters drawn into amazing circumstances - Maureen, Jo, Brian, & David. The main character is Maureen. She remembers stories told to her of the old country, the summer country, told by her departed grandfather. She assumes those are stories of Ireland. Maureen also talks to trees and sometimes hears things and sees things that no one else hears or sees. Maureen believes she is insane. She lives with her sister Jo who also believes her sister is insane. By some unspoken agreement with her highly dysfunctional family, Jo keeps watch over her sister.

In the beginning of the book Maureen is stalked by a large man on her way home from work. He corners her in an alley and as he approaches is hacked to bits by Brian. Though dressed in ordinary clothes, he is actually a Pendragon - a knight who protects human's from the "old ones." Maureen believes Brian must also be insane until she sees her would-be attacker consumed by blue flames and disappear. Initially she believes in him, then later does not trust him, blaming her suspicions of her own insanity for creating the deadly scene. Her sister Jo and boyfriend Brian are lovers who live under the same roof with Maureen. Their relationship irritates Maureen. She believes Jo stole David from her.

As the story progresses Maureen is drawn into the summer country by one of the "old ones" by magic. The summer country, once a wonderful placed, is twisted and full of hate and fear, and terrible violence. Jo sees her sister disappear before her eyes. She stands still and closes her eyes and wills herself to find her sister. Both Maureen and Jo are of faery blood, but don't know it. Jo opens her eyes and finds herself in the summer country in the middle of an enchanted, dangerous forest. Brian and David discover that both women have disappeared into the summer country and go there after them.

What follows is not a sweet faery tale. It's a fearsome faery land filled with terrors beyond belief and dangers that stretch the bonds of love. To tell more would ruin the story.

This book is so well written that the characters seem real to the reader and you actually learn to care what happens to them. Scenes are so well crafted that you can picture everything. As you close the last page of the book and the story ends you feel like you are saying goodbye to an old friend. Not many books can evoke that feeling. I sincerely hope the author comes out with another book. I would stand in line to buy one. I'll be buying this one for my own shelf as it is one of the most engrossing, wondrous stories I have every read!

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