The final volume in Baudino's powerful trilogy tells of a young woman who's transported to an alternate realm to defend its people. Suzanne sets out to stop the flying things that are destroying Gryylth, even though Suzanne was responsible for bringing the fighter jets to Gryylth in the first place.
Miriam is a frail young outcast whose healing powers have branded her a witch in the Inquisition of 14th-century Europe. Fleeing her city in search of the Free Towns and acceptance, she is brutally violated by a man she heals from the brink of death, buti is saved and transformed by the intervention of the elves.
Six novellas set in the Strand universe offer new windows into Gael Baudino’s enthralling world, from medieval Adria to modern Denver Written before, during, and after the composition of Strands of Starlight, the stories in Spires of Spirit are shorter, more personal tales of characters and events that take place around the times of the first and last novels of the series. “Charity” tells of a carpenter, moved by compassion, who offers help and acceptance to a spurned village woman. In “Lady of Light,” a talented woodcarver wrestles with an arrogant priest’s demand for a crucifix depicting suffering and sorrow. “A Touch of Distant Hands” brings the story begun in “Charity” to its conclusion with an alliance of Elf and witch. “Elvenhome,” “Please Come to Denver (in the Spring),” and “The Shadow of the Starlight,” set in present-day Colorado, tell of those whose newly awakened elven blood forces them to struggle with their identities and the challenges of the modern world. Spires of Spirit weaves its six tales through the world and characters of the Strand Novels, which consist of Strands of Starlight, Maze of Moonlight, Shroud of Shadow,and Strands of Sunlight.
A tiny realm, stagnant from internal conflict and three centuries of drought ... until a diplomatic mission arrives from the Righteous States of America. They seek to win a foothold in this faraway land - and a launching point for troops to halt French conquest. ... With 'O greenest branch!' award-winning author Gael Baudino begins a new series that is by turns fascinating, funny, and thought provoking." -- back cover.
When a door in her professor's office becomes a portal to another world, grad student Suzanne Helling is transformed into a warrior battling to restore order to the once-great land of Gryylth.
In the Age of Inquisition, there is no place for magic. Nor is there a role for Elves, the keepers of enchantments. Natil was the last of her people, but in this time when the Church sentenced guilty and innocent alike to torture, what place was there for one such as she?
Natil, the last survivor of the ancient Elven race, journeys across time to the twentieth century to find a new breed of Elves, humans who had unlocked the path to magic and immortality, but their new world is threatened with perils that not even Elven magic may defeat. Original.
Stranded in the sacred Library of the Three Kingdoms, Sara, an herbalist and woman of the Goddess, reluctantly teams up with a pretentious scholar and an argumentative crown prince turned thief in order to survive. Original.
Vanessa, a young misfit at the turn of the 14th century, is in danger of persecution during the Inquisition. Baron Christopher of Aurverelle, returns to his land to discover that only elven magic can save his people. Until they realize their own elven heritage, things for Vanessa and Christopher will only get worse...much worse. Sequel to Strands of Starlight.
When her lover is imprisoned, Christa—a centuries-old harper—must set her free using the greatest weapon she possesses: music In ancient Ireland, Chairiste Ní Cummen, a harper, was trained in the secrets of music and magic, but her curiosity and pride trapped her and her lover in the realm of the fairy folk, the Sidh. Chairiste alone managed to escape, and now, living in the modern world as Christa Cruitaire, a quiet harp teacher, she is all but resigned to her inability to win her beloved’s freedom . . . until she discovers that the volume and violence of the electric guitar and heavy metal might prove brutal enough to forcibly breach the barriers between the human and fairy worlds. With the aid of her bandmates—who must themselves overcome inner demons of abuse, addiction, and prejudice—Christa is determined to use her newfound musical power to rescue the woman she loves. Audacious and heartfelt, Gossamer Axe is an entirely original hero’s journey, an ode to the power of music and the human spirit alike, charged with rapier-sharp social commentary.
Transported to the Dark Ages, archaeology graduate student Suzanne Helling must use her empowerment as Guardian of the land to fight a mysterious force that employs the nuclear weapons of the twentieth century that Suzanne unwittingly brought with her
A tiny realm, stagnant from internal conflict and three centuries of drought ... until a diplomatic mission arrives from the Righteous States of America. They seek to win a foothold in this faraway land - and a launching point for troops to halt French conquest. ... With 'O greenest branch!' award-winning author Gael Baudino begins a new series that is by turns fascinating, funny, and thought provoking." -- back cover.
Vanessa, a young misfit at the turn of the 14th century, is in danger of persecution during the Inquisition. Baron Christopher of Aurverelle, returns to his land to discover that only elven magic can save his people. Until they realize their own elven heritage, things for Vanessa and Christopher will only get worse...much worse. Sequel to Strands of Starlight.
The final volume in Baudino's powerful trilogy tells of a young woman who's transported to an alternate realm to defend its people. Suzanne sets out to stop the flying things that are destroying Gryylth, even though Suzanne was responsible for bringing the fighter jets to Gryylth in the first place.
When a door in her professor's office becomes a portal to another world, grad student Suzanne Helling is transformed into a warrior battling to restore order to the once-great land of Gryylth.
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