‘This is a wonderful, magical book, full of ancient myth and set in an England on the threshold of the modern world. The characters are expertly written: they feel absolutely real, and the real-ness evocatively off sets the deftly handled supernatural elements’ A great Oxford novel and the wonderfully conjured period detail – Tolkien and Lewis are wonderful – given added resonance by the deep past of English myth and mystery that underlies it. That day, she’ll lose everything in her life, and find the only real friend she may ever know. A boy named Luca with yellow eyes, who is as alone in the world as she is. And then one winter day, she finds an interloper in the topmost, dustiest attic of the house. The house becomes her own little kingdom, an island full of dreams and halfforgotten memories. The Iron Wars in an interesting fantasy book. The Iron Wars is the third book of The Monarchies of God series. He now lives by the sea in County Down with his wife and two dogs. He studied English at Oxford University and has lived for several years in both Denmark and the United States. She sits in the shadows of the tall house and watches the rain on the windows, creating worlds for herself to fill out the loneliness. Paul Kearney was born and grew up in Northern Ireland. Once upon a time, she had a mother and a brother, and they all lived together in the most beautiful city in the world, by the shores of Homer’s wine-dark sea.īut that is all gone now, and only to her doll does she ever speak of it, because her father cannot bear to hear. The Iron Wars Paul Kearney Solaris, Jan 22, 2013- Fiction- 272 pages 1Review Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified ALL IS CHANGE. She is a refugee, a piece of flotsam washed up in England by the tides of the Great War and the chaos that trailed in its wake. THE NIGHT THEY CROSS PATHS, NONE SUSPECT THE FANTASTIC WORLD AT WORK AROUND THEM.Īnna Francis lives in a tall old house with her father and her doll Penelope. AND ANNA FRANCIS, A YOUNG GREEK REFUGEE LOOKING TO ESCAPE THE GRIM REALITY OF HER NEW LIFE.
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