Juliet Marillier, Author . Tor $26.95 (528p) ISBN 978-0-312-84881-1
In the final book in her Sevenwaters Trilogy, Australian Marillier gathers the threads from the first two (Daughter of the Forest
and Son of the Shadows) and weaves them together into a rich tapestry of love and loss, family loyalty and personal...
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Juliet Marillier. Roc, $27 (448p) ISBN 978-0-451-46703-4
Marillier’s superb Blackthorn & Grim fantasy series (Tower of Thorns), set in the ancient Irish kingdom of Dalriada on the edge of mystical and dangerous Dreamer’s Wood, continues with another tasteful combination of a mysterious task and an...
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Juliet Marillier. Roc, $26.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-451-46701-0
Often poignant and always engrossing, Marillier’s second Blackthorn and Grim Celtic fantasy (after Dreamer’s Pool) takes its wounded central figures on a perilous quest across a fantastical version of Europe. Their trials simultaneously demand...
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Juliet Marillier. Roc, $26.95 (448p) ISBN 978-0-451-46699-0
Marillier (the Sevenwaters Series) opens the Blackthorn & Grim epic fantasy series by sweeping readers into a lavishly detailed world full of enchantments, devotion, heartache, and mystery. Blackthorn, an embittered wise woman, longs for vengeance...
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Juliet Marillier. Ticonderoga, $13.99 trade paper (230p) ISBN 978-1-921857-38-6
The skillful first collection by prolific New Zealand fantasist Marillier (the Bridei Chronicles and others for adults and teens) includes 14 short stories, as well as an introduction by Sophie Masson and detailed author’s notes. The book starts...
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Juliet Marillier. Knopf, $16.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-375-86954-9
For those who wish that Tolkien had explored the character of Aragorn more deeply, Marillier (the Sevenwaters trilogy) provides the next best thing. Flint, unlike Strider, is younger than he looks, but he’s every bit as skillful. On the day the...
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Juliet Marillier, Author Tor Books $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-84879-8
This imaginative retelling of the Celtic Swans myth begins a promising new British romantic fantasy series. Six brothers have been turned into swans by their wicked stepmother. Only their sister, Sorcha, can save these sons of an Irish chieftain by...
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Juliet Marillier, Roc, $24.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-451-46355-5
Sibeal of Sevenwaters, the teen fifth daughter of the Lord of Sevenwaters, has always known she wants to be a druid. In this romantic follow-up to 2008's Heir of Sevenwaters, Sibeal's uncle Ciaran, her mentor, orders her to spend a summer on the...
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Juliet Marillier, Author . Roc $24.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-451-46293-0
Wearing her influences openly and simply, Marillier (Heir to Sevenwaters
) incorporates familiar elements of mystery, fantasy and Irish history into a strong tale of very human romance. Trained by her father as a scribe, 18-year-old Caitrin yearns...
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Juliet Marillier, Author . Roc $23.95 (395p) ISBN 978-0-451-46233-6
Returning to the land of the Sevenwaters trilogy (Daughter of the Forest
, etc.), Marillier deftly weaves a fey story of human interaction with the Fair Folk. Clodagh, the third daughter of the lord of Sevenwaters, is the practical one who keeps...
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Juliet Marillier, Author . Tor $26.95 (496p) ISBN 978-0-765-30997-6
In this captivating third installment in Marillier's historical fantasy series (after 2006's Blade of Fortriu
) set in the sixth-century Scottish Highlands and Ireland, Faolan of the Uí Néill clan—bard, assassin, spy and...
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Juliet Marillier, Author . Knopf $16.99 (407p) ISBN 978-0-375-83364-9
Combining several familiar fairy tales in her first novel for young readers, Australian author Marillier (Daughter of the Forest
, for adults) crafts a romantic fantasy rich in detail, magical creatures and strong female characters. The Wildwood is...
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Juliet Marillier, Author . Tor $27.95 (496p) ISBN 978-0-765-30996-9
Loyalties are tested and truth must be distinguished from dangerous lies in the gritty second book of the Bridei Chronicles (after 2005's The Dark Mirror
), set in a land resembling early Scotland. Hoping to gain the support of nearby chieftain...
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Juliet Marillier, Author . Tor $27.95 (512p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0995-2
Having given pre-Celtic Scotland a once-over in Wolfskin
(2003) and Foxmask
(2004), Australian author Marillier returns with a much more in-depth study that draws on what little history is known and surrounds it with the pretty boy-meets-girl...
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Juliet Marillier, Author . Tor $27.95 (464p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0674-6
In this captivating historical fantasy, the sequel to Wolfskin
(2003), Australian author Marillier sweeps the reader to Dark Age Britain's northernmost islands, where life is hard and opportunistic raiders have forced change on the peace-loving,
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Juliet Marillier, Author . Tor $25.95 (493p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0672-2
The clash of cultures and the limits of loyalty form the thematic framework of Marillier's compelling new stand-alone fantasy. Readers familiar with the author's Sevenwaters trilogy (Daughter of the Forest, etc.) will feel comfortable with...
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Druidic Erin (Ireland) is a place teeming with fairies and earth magic. But this compelling story is not a tale of the fey—it is a tale of one who lives in the world of humans and yet has contact with the otherworld. Liadan of Sevenwaters is...
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Edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law. Laska Media (Ingram, dist.), $17.95 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-9939696-9-0
This anthology of 23 speculative stories focuses on caregivers, whose own lives and needs often seem to fade into “the province of ghosts.” In Ian Creasey’s “The Dunschemin Retirement Home for Repentant Supervillains,” a lowly minion cares for his...
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Edited by Russell B. Farr. Ticonderoga, $17.95 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-92521-234-1
Farr (Magic Dirt) gathers seven original Australian fantasy novellas that introduce dark, clever, optimistic, and ominous characters. In Susan Wardle’s romantic adventure “Shatterglass,” a disgraced woman becomes a political pawn when she is married
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Juliet Marillier. Ace, $16 trade paper (464p) ISBN 978-0-451-49278-4
This breathtaking, often heartbreaking Celtic-flavored fantasy novel from Marillier (the Blackthorn & Grim series) couches a challenging quest in storytelling both earthy and unearthly. Young siblings Liobhan, a singer and whistle player, and Brocc,
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Juliet Marillier. Ace, $17 trade paper (512p) ISBN 978-0-451-49280-7
The lovely second mythic fantasy in Marillier’s Irish folklore–inspired Warrior Bards series (after The Harp of Kings) chronicles the youthful romance of Swan Island warriors Liobhan, a talented singer, and Dau, the embittered son of a chieftain....
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Juliet Marillier. Ace, $17 trade paper (464p) ISBN 978-0-451-49282-1
Marillier returns to the fascinating, Irish myth–infused world of her Warrior Bards series where magic and music are inexorably linked with this rewarding parable of redemption (following A Dance with Fate). A vicious attack on Aolu, Prince of...
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