Emma Bull
Author
Publisher
Orb
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed by critics and readers on its first publication in 1987, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Emma Bull's War for the Oaks is one of the novels that has defined modern urban fantasy. Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But she's breaking up with her boyfriend, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between...
2) Territory
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A historical fantasy finds late-nineteenth-century college student Jesse Fox summoned by a magician friend to the western city of Tombstone, where he witnesses the supernatural powers of such figures as Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
A 19th Century plot by capitalists in England to stem social reform. The hero is James Cobham, an English revolutionary and one of the founders of Communism. The novel describes the various attempts by the plotters to get rid of him and how he fights back with the aid of his woman. Politics, intrigue, romance.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up "a tasty treat for fantasy fans" (Booklist).
There are some "genuine gems" in this "enticing collection" of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring "diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world," most involving a teen's coming-of-age. Delia Sherman "takes readers into...
There are some "genuine gems" in this "enticing collection" of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring "diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world," most involving a teen's coming-of-age. Delia Sherman "takes readers into...