Synopses & Reviews
Strange things have always happened in Seavy County, the most rugged stretch of Oregon's coastline. Violent storms spring up like magic, even when the rest of the state enjoys sunshine; unearthly beings are sometimes glimpsed in the twilight; and those who live there understand that a rare enchantment still lives in the world, although they seldom speak of it.
For Seavy County is home to not just animal life, but to fantasy life as well: mythical creatures long vanished from the rest of the planet. The last survivors of a bygone age, they lead a precarious existence, skirting the fringes of modern civilization.
The Buckingham family has protected the hidden wonders of Seavy County for generations. Forty years ago, Lyssa Buckingham's father lost his life doing just that. Lyssa fled from Seavy County, searching for a more normal life, but found tragedy and heartbreak instead. With her ten-year-old daughter, Emily, in tow, she has come home at last, just as the malignant forces that killed her father are gathering strength once more.
Now Lyssa must make some hard choices. About the county, about Emily -- and about the fragile fantasy life that surrounds them all.
Synopsis
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch is the author of numerous works of fiction, including Stories for an Enchanted Afternoon, the Retrieval Artist series, and the Books of the Fey series.
- Rusch won a Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2000 for "Millennium Babies" and a Hugo Award for Best Editor at the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- Her short story "Echea" won a Hugo Award for Best Novelette and the Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Reader's Choice Award in 1998.
- Rusch is also the winner of a John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1990), a Homer Award for Best Novella (1992), a Locus Award for Best Novella (1992), an Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Reader's Choice Award (1998), and a Science Fiction Age Magazine Readers' Choice Award (1998).
Synopsis
The town of Anchor Bay is home to supernatural creatures protected for centuries by the Buckingham family. Lyssa Buckingham, who escaped her family's machinations years ago, returns home in disgrace with her daughter. Now she must make some grace decisions. Original.