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The acclaimed author of the Mithgar novels, Dennis L. McKiernan enchanted fans and critics alike with the bestselling Once Upon a Winter's Night. Now, this gifted author presents us with a delightfully new version of an age-old tale that fires the imagination and touches the heart... Once upon a summer day, Prince Borel of the Winterwood falls asleep, and a beautiful, golden-haired maiden with a shadowy band across her eyes comes to him in his dreams and pleads for aid. She returns time show more after time, and the prince is certain that she is real and in deadly peril. Yet he knows not who she is...nor where she is imprisoned. Opposed by witches and trolls and goblins and beings even more dreadful, and aided by a field sprite, Borel begins a desperate quest through the wonders and hazards of Faery, seeking a mysterious masked demoiselle guarded by perilous blades. And though time touches not this land of legend, time is running out... "Superb...charming and magical...McKiernan escorts fantasy lovers into an enchanted place that deserves more tales."--Midwest Book Review show lessTags
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I love Mckiernan's interpretations of fairy tales. This re-interpretation of Sleeping Beauty/Rapunzel is seriously good.
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Dennis L. McKiernan was born in Moberly, Missouri on April 4, 1932. After a tour with the U.S. Air Force, he received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri in 1958 and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Duke University in 1964. He worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories in research and development for 31 years before show more becoming a full-time author. He began writing novels in 1977 while recuperating from an accident. His novels include The Iron Tower Trilogy, The Silver Call Duology, The Eye of the Hunter, The Caverns of Socrates, Once Upon a Winter's Night, and Silver Wolf, Black Falcon. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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