A fantasy classic by the author of The House with a Clock in Its Wallsâbasis for the Jack Black movieâand âa writer who knows what wizardry is all aboutâ (Ursula K. Le Guin).
A richly imaginative story of wizards stymied by a power beyond their control, A Face in the Frost combines the thrills of a horror novel with the inventiveness of fairy taleâinspired fantasy.
Prospero, a tall, skinny misfit of a wizard, lives in the South Kingdomâa patchwork of feuding duchies and small manors, all loosely loyal to one figurehead king. Along with his necromancer friend Roger Bacon, who has been on a quest to find a mysterious book, Prospero must flee his home to escape ominous pursuers. Thus begins an adventure that will lead him to a grove where his old rival, Melichus, is falsely rumored to be buried and to a less-than-hospitable inn in the town of Five Dialsâand ultimately into a dangerous battle with origins in a magical glass paperweight.
Lin Carter called The Face in the Frost one of âthe best fantasy novels to appear since The Lord of the Rings . . . Absolutely first class.â With a unique blend of humor and darkness, it remains one of the most beloved tales by the Edgar Awardânominated author also known for the long-running Lewis Barnavelt series.
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Fantasy
- Humorous
- Fantasy
Publisher : Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Author : Bellairs, John
Language : English
Published :2014-09-30
Number Of Pages : 162
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1497642418
ISBN-13 : 9781497642416
Item weight : 0.45 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 5.5 in x 8.4 in
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