The Back of the Beyond

The Back of the Beyond - Paperback

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The Back of the Beyond - Paperback

The Back of the Beyond - Paperback

by James Stoddard
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Book Overview

The elves claim no one can enter Animonea and live.
Nine champions hope they are wrong . . .


When Gray Darien's love, Lady Tana, is kidnapped, he leads a warrior band into the realm of Faerie to rescue her. Among them, a Scythian mercenary, a shapeshifting Contessa, an American soldier from WWII, a woman created by enchantment-and a Faerie prince who wants Gray dead.

They enter Animonea, a land the Elf-King feared so much he raised a wall to keep its denizens out.

There, every animal, tree, insect, and bird possesses intelligence. Every object-swords, chairs, garments-can speak. Which creatures can they trust? Which merciless predators intend to destroy them?

Gray is soon embroiled in a war against an invading army of nightmarish mechanical soldiers intent on eradicating the source of Animonea's sentience. Unless he and his companions can overcome the designs of men, wolves, rivers, and trees, Animonea will perish, and Gray and Tana with it.

A novel both complete in itself and the first book of a series.
ISBN9780578619552
Author James Stoddard
PublisherRansom House
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 2020
LanguageENG- English
Pages382
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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James Stoddard's debut novel, "The High House" won the Compton Crook Award for best Fantasy novel by a new author, placed in the Locus Top Ten for best SF/Fantasy book of the year, and was named one of five finalists for the Mythopoeic Award, an award given to works reflecting the spirit of the writing of C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien. His short stories have appeared in prominent science fiction and fantasy magazines. "The Battle of York" was selected for inclusion in Eos Books' "Year's Best Science Fiction 10;" "The First Editions" appeared in the "Year's Best Fantasy 9" anthology, published by Tor Books.

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