Set in modern and ancient Provence, this exhilarating, moving novel casts brilliant light on the ways in which history – whether of a culture or a family – refuses to be buried. Ned Marriner, fifteen years old, has accompanied his photographer father to Provence for a six-week “shoot” of images for a glossy coffee-table book. Gradually, Ned discovers a very old story playing itself out in this modern world of iPods, cellphones, and seven-seater vans whipping along roads walked by Celtic tribes and the Roman Legions. On one holy, haunted night of the ancient year, when the borders between the living and the dead are down and fires are lit upon the hills, Ned, his family, and his friends, are shockingly drawn into this tale, as dangerous, mythic figures from conflicts of long ago erupt into the present, claiming and changing lives.
ISBN: | 9780007342037 |
Publication date: | 29th April 2010 |
Author: | Guy Gavriel Kay |
Publisher: | HarperVoyager an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 400 pages |
Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Historical fantasy Contemporary fantasy Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction Speculative fiction Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages |