The Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay (The Fionavar Tapestry, Book 2)

November 6th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Synopsis:
Book 2 of the Fionavar Tapestry finds five Canadian students returning to an alternate universe where they continue to fight an epic battle against a demonic demigod and step further into their unique destinies.
Review:
As with any good second book in a trilogy, The Wandering Fire deepens the Fionavar mythology and heightens the stakes for all [...]

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The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay (The Fionavar Tapestry, Book One)

November 5th, 2007 · 14 Comments

Synopsis:
Five Toronto college students are pulled into an alternate world where they discover their true destinies at the outset of a war that could affect all worlds, including their own.
Review:
Yep, another hard-to-synopsize epic fantasy book. The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay employs one of the standard fantasy templates–ordinary people drawn into an extraordinary [...]

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