âAnne Kelleherâs engrossing fantasy, Silverâs Edgeâ¦weaves an enticing tale as Nessa braves unknown dangers to find her father and bring him safely home in this beguiling story of courage and adventure.â
âBookPage
âMs. Kelleher weaves another fantasy epic of grand proportions, sweeping the reader off into lands, legends and lore. Part Arthurian, part Tolkien and part fairy tale, the mix creates an incredible world for the readerâs fertile mind to take root. It starts off slowly, but then takes off with a bang and never releases you from its grasp.â
âThe Best Reviews, on Silverâs Edge
âThe characters are complex and multifaceted, and the writing is rich with colorful proseâ¦. Women control their fates, and fear is not an option when it comes to the tough decisions that must be made in a time when all that is held sacred is facing destruction.â
âRomance Reviews Today on Silverâs Edge
âSilverâs Edge is a first-class fantasy. The characters are vivid, believable; they captured this readerâs heart, taking me on an unforgettable journey as they confronted their fears, made tough decisions and accepted the consequences of those decisions, no matter what it cost them.â
âIn the Library Reviews
ââ¦displays vivid imagination.â
âPublishers Weekly
âFascinatingâa most ingenious blend of science fiction and fantasy.â
âNew York Times bestselling author Marion Zimmer Bradley on Daughter of Prophecy
Glossary of People and Places
Faerieâthe sidhe word for their own world. It includes the Wastelands
The Shadowlandsâthe sidhe word for the mortal world
The Wastelandsâthat part of Faerie to which the goblins have been banished
Lyonesseâlegendary lost land that is said to have lain to the east of Faerie
Brynhyvarâthe country that, in the mortal world, overlaps with Faerie
The Otherworldâthe mortal name for Faerie
TirNaâlughâthe lands of light; the shining landsâmortal name for Faerie; becoming archaic
The Summerlandsâplace where mortals go at death
Humbriaâmortal country across the Murhevnian Sea to the east of Brynhyvar
Lacquileaâmortal country lying to the south of Brynhyvar
KillcairnâNessaâs village
Killcragâneighboring village to the south
Killcarrickâlake and the keep
AlemandineâQueen of sidhe
XerruwâGoblin King
VinaverâAlemandineâs younger twin sister and the rightful Queen
ArtimourâAlemandineâs half-mortal half brother
Glorianaâmother of Vinaver, Alemandine and Artimour
TimiasâGlorianaâs chief councilor and the unacknowledged father of Alemandine and Vinaver
EponeaâMistress of the Queenâs Horses
DelphineaâEponeaâs daughter
FinuvielâVinaverâs son by the god Herne; rightful King of Faerie
HudibrasâAlemandineâs consort
Gorlias, Philomemnon, Berillianâcouncilors to the Queen
PetriâDelphineaâs servant gremlin
Khouriâleader of the gremlin revolt and plot to steal the Caul
Nessaânineteen-year-old daughter of Dougal, the blacksmith of Killcairn
DougalâNessaâs father; Essaâs husband; stolen into Faerie by Vinaver
GriffinâDougalâs eighteen-year-old apprentice
Donnor, Duke of Garâoverlord of Killcairn and surrounding country; uncle of the mad King and leader of the rebellion against him
Cadwyr, Duke of AllovaleâDonnorâs nephew and heir
Cecily of MochmornaâDonnorâs wife; heiress to the throne of Brynhyvar
Kian of GarnâDonnorâs First Knight
Hoellâmad King of Brynhyvar
MerleâQueen of Brynhyvar; princess of Humbria
Renvahr, Duke of Longborthâbrother of Queen Merle; elected Protector of the Realm of Brynhyvar
Granny Wrenâwicce woman of Killcairn
Granny Mollyâwicce woman of Killcrag
Engusâblacksmith of Killcarrick
UwenâKianâs second in command
The Hagâimmortal who dwells in the rocks and caves below Faerie; the moonstone globe was stolen from her when the Caul was forged
Herneâimmortal who dwells within the Faerie forests, from which he rides out on Samhain night, leading the Wild Hunt across the worlds
Great Motherâmortal name for the Hag
The Horned Oneâmortal name for Herne
Special thanks to Rosmari Roast, herbalist, wise woman and friend, for eleventh-hour research; to my agent, Jenn Jackson, and my editor Mary-Theresa Hussey for seeing the potential before I did; to Laura Rose and the rest of the Goddess Girls: Anne Sheridan, Susan Grayson, Leslie Goodale, Lisa Drew, Barbara Terry, Jamie King, Louise Rose, Alicia Tremper, Judy Conradâyou guys are the best midwives in the world; to Judy Charlton for reiki; to all the folks in the CT over 40 chat room on AOL, especially GtimeJoe; to all my fellow LUNA-tics in the LUNA-sylum for cheerleading. But most of all, this book would never have been written without the unwavering love and unstinting support of one man: Donny Goodman, I adore you.