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When you name your novel Revolution 2020, one expects a kind of soul searching, revolutionary story about a country that needs change more than ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() And to forge onward through the most devastating loss yet.Ībout the Author: Laurie Forest lives deep in the backwoods of Vermont, where she sits in front of a wood stove drinking strong tea and dreaming up tales full of dryads, dragons and wands. With just weeks to train to become a warrior, and no control over her magic, Elloren finds unexpected allies among those under orders to kill her. With the Mage forces of Gardneria poised to conquer all of Erthia, Elloren has no choice but to ally with Lukas and combine their power to keep herself out of the hands of Gardnerian leader Marcus Vogel…the holder of the all-consuming Shadow Wand. Separated from everyone she loves, isolated and hunted, Elloren must turn to the last person she can trust - her fastmate, Commander Lukas Grey. Her world-altering secret can’t be hidden much longer…Įlloren Gardner hides the most powerful secret in all Erthia - she is the Black Witch of Prophecy, and destined to triumph…or be used as the ultimate weapon of destruction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Conrads spare, vivid prose sustains the suspense, drawing readers inexorably toward a climax as satisfying as it is unexpected. The truth, however, is that Zoe Louise lived in Zoe's house a century ago, and her ghost has returned to solve a terrible mystery. But in changing the past, must she also change the present? If she saves her friend's life, will she lose Zoe Louise forever?Zoe's grandparents think that Zoe Louise is Zoe's imaginary friend. To do so, she must travel back 100 years in time and somehow alter the past. Time is running out for Zoe's best friend - and Zoe is the only one who can help her. Time is running out for Zoe's frightening ways. And although Zoe Louise never grows up, she is changing in dreadful, frightening ways. From that day on - living in the same house, separated by a staircase and a century - Zoe and Zoe Louise have been an important and permanent part of each other's lives. The first time Zoe met Zoe Louise, Zoe was four years old. ![]() ![]() Among de Lint's many other novels are Mulengro, Jack the Giant-Killer, and The Little Country. In addition, de Lint has published several collections of Newford short stories, including Moonlight and Vines, for which he won the World Fantasy Award. ![]() The Newford novels include Spirit Walk, Memory and Dream, Trader, Someplace To Be Flying, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and Spirits in the Wires. Moonheart was set in and around "Newford," an imaginary modern North American city, and many of de Lint's subsequent novels have been set in Newford as well, with a growing cast of characters who weave their way in and out of the stories. A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fictionīorn in Holland in 1951, Charles de Lint grew up in Canada, with a few years off in Turkey, Lebanon, and Switzerland.Īlthough his first novel was 1984's The Riddle of the Wren, it was with Moonheart, published later that same year, that de Lint made his mark, and established him at the forefront of "urban fantasy," modern fantasy storytelling set on contemporary city streets. ![]() ![]() As Ann Patchett said once of our friendship: "Your love for Rayya has always been writ large."īut something happened to my heart and mind in the days and weeks following Rayya's diagnosis. ![]() Anyone who has ever seen us together knows that I am devoted to Rayya. I have spoken about her so many times on this page, and many of you have heard me speak about her in my speeches, too (such as my "Hummingbird" speech, where I sang her praises with all the love I could muster.) Some of you have even come to see the two of us speaking together on stage, over the years. ![]() She's my role model, my traveling companion, my most reliable source of light, my fortitude, my most trusted confidante. ![]() She's my best friend, yes, but it's always been bigger than that. Many of you already know who Rayya Elias is to me. I cancelled everything in my life that could be cancelled, and I went straight to her side, where I have been ever since. From that moment forward, everything became about HER. In the moment I first learned of Rayya's diagnosis, a trap door opened at the bottom of my heart (a trap door I didn't even know was there) and my entire existence fell straight through that door. My best friend Rayya Elias was diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer - a disease for which there is no cure. ![]() This spring, I received news that would change my life forever. There is something I wish to tell you today - something which I hope and trust you will receive with grace. ![]() |