Book description
In the waning years of the Middle Ages, before Christendom had
completely scoured the world of magic, both Faery and Man lived on
Europe's shores. This is the story of those last days: of the halfling
children of the Liri king, who were of both realms but chose the one we
call the other; of how they schemed & fought for survival, hounded
from the Baltic to the ice caves of Greenland to the Mediterranean
coast; of how they loved & how they died. It is the epic master
piece, the adventure at once erotic, violent & magnificently sad,
that Poul Anderson has always wanted to write. Poul Anderson
(1926-2001) was born in Pennsylvania of Scandinavian stock. He started
publishing science fiction in 1947 and became one the great figures in
the genre, serving as President of the Science Fiction Writers of
America, winning multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, and was named a SFWA
Grand Master. He collaborated regularly with wife, Karen, and their
daughter is married to noted SF writer Greg Bear. Poul Anderson died in
July 2001.
