Runemarks
$23.09
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2017
Summary
Runemarks: A Norse Myth Reborn
It’s been five hundred years since the end of the world, and society has rebuilt itself anew. The old Norse gods are no longer revered; their tales have been banned. Magic is outlawed, and a new religion - the Order - has taken its place.
In a remote valley in the north, fourteen-year-old Maddy Smith is shunned for the ruinmark on her hand—a sign associated with the Bad Old Days. But what the villagers don’t know is that Maddy has skills. Accor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473217065 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473217067 |
| Series: | Runes Novels |
| Author: | Joanne Harris |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 374g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 34mm |
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Especially enjoyable are Harris’ aphorisms, her satire of joyless piety and the comically irreverant vernacular spoken by a dissolute goblin and the trickster god Loki - THE SUNDAY TIMES
Harris creates a glorious and complex world replete with rune-based magical spells, bickering gods, exciting adventures and difficult moral issues - PUBLISHERS WEEKLYHer dramatic story rollocks along for 536 pages with magical transformations, nets of blue fire and a spunky heroine - THE TIMESGoblins, glams, ancient gods and subterranean adventure - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHJoanne Harris deploys a big cast in relentless action across a cosmic panorama. This is a mighty feat of storytelling and a fascination re-envisionment of Norse mythology - BOOKS FOR KEEPSA fantastic romp through the world of ancient magic, which should appeal to all adventure lovers - INISRich, comic, dark and brilliantly conceived - READING TIMEAbout The Author
Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.
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