By day, the Nicollet Mall winds through Minneapolis like a paved canal. People flow between its banks, eddying at the doors of office towers and department stores. . . .
But late at night there's a change in the Nicollet Mall.
From War for the Oaks by Emma Bull:
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Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel
War for the Oaks, which first appeared in 1987, is one of the novels that helped define the genre of modern urban fantasy.
Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, much more than her own survival is at riskand Eddi's goals and preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.
By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, this novel is as much about this world as about the other one.
"A contemporary fantasy classic."Publishers Weekly
"Emma Bull is really good."Neil Gaiman
"One of the most engaging fantasies I've read in a long time."Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"[This novel] knifes through the fantasy genre like a sharp blade of wind."Charles de Lint Read More
But late at night there's a change in the Nicollet Mall.
From War for the Oaks by Emma Bull:
POWELLS.COM
Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel
War for the Oaks, which first appeared in 1987, is one of the novels that helped define the genre of modern urban fantasy.
Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, much more than her own survival is at riskand Eddi's goals and preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.
By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, this novel is as much about this world as about the other one.
"A contemporary fantasy classic."Publishers Weekly
"Emma Bull is really good."Neil Gaiman
"One of the most engaging fantasies I've read in a long time."Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"[This novel] knifes through the fantasy genre like a sharp blade of wind."Charles de Lint Read More