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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Riverrun: Chronicles of the House of Darkling

Riverrun: Chronicles of the House of Darkling

Somtow, S. P.

Paperback

Series: The House of Darkling, Book 1

Fantasy

ISBN10: 0986053309
ISBN13: 9780986053306
Publisher: Diplodocus Press
Published: Nov 14 2013
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
the finest new series of the 90s thus far... fantasy novels don't come any better than this! the makings of a classic! - Edward BryantSomtow himself, with a poet's cunning, arranges it all into what could be described as, like, Dante for the next millenium - Faren Miller in LOCUSan object lesson in the potential of fantasy - erudition and post-modern pop awareness spice the narrative - adventurous, stirring writing, and Somtow's powerful, lucid prose glows with internal energy and intensity. - The London TimesAn ordinary American family gets caught up in a cosmic battle for control of the fate of the universe in S.P. Somtow's Riverrun Trilogy. Young Theo Etchison is a truthsayer - one with the ability to navigate the great river that connects all the parallel universes. His mother, Mary, is dying of cancer, but she may also be the mother goddess, the nurturer of the world. His father, Phil, is a second-rate poet; his brother, Joshua, has been seduced by a dragon-succubus. On a journey through America to a Mexican alternative medicine clinic, the Etchison family is sucked into the world of the Darklings, superhuman creatures who are battling for domination of the cosmos, who need Theo's special gift..

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