Not just the characters are cardboardy and hard to relate to, I don't find myself buying the plots, motivations and logic of the actions. There was this Jesus-wannabe character whose redemption arc was stunted.
Meanwhile, the changing POVs in one chapter was rather jarring as well, especially since almost all have similar voices. Dammit, I hope Tigana is way better than this since I am scheduled to read it next month. View all 11 comments. Nov 24, Laura rated it it was amazing Shelves: read-in Whit this book, Kay manages to give you a story in which you can get lost and forget yourself reading for hours on end. Five university students embark on a journey of self-discovery when they enter a realm of wizards and warriors, gods and mythical creatures--and good and evil… It all began with a lecture that introduced five university students to a man who would change their lives, a wizard who would take Buddy read with the fabulous Kay Squad at FBR An amazing masterpiece by a brilliant writer!
Five university students embark on a journey of self-discovery when they enter a realm of wizards and warriors, gods and mythical creatures--and good and evil… It all began with a lecture that introduced five university students to a man who would change their lives, a wizard who would take them from Earth to the heart of the first of all worlds--Fionavar.
And take them Loren Silvercloak did, for his need--the need of Fionavar and all the worlds--was great indeed. And in a marvellous land of men and dwarves, of wizards and gods, five young people discovered who they were truly meant to be. For they are a long-awaited part of the pattern known as the Fionavar Tapestry, and only if they accepted their destiny would the armies of the Light stand any chance of surviving the wrath the Unraveller and his minions of darkness intend to unleash upon the world… The Fionavar Tapestry cover art by Don Maitz and Janny Wurts This incredible journey in a unique world is told in Kay's usual elegant prose and his typical writing style, full of poetry, rhythm and realism.
While Kay is a deeply colourful writer, for the most part he manages to never sacrifice character for poetry, or portray his world just in the hollow tones of an epic saga. There is often something wonderfully immediate in Kay's prose, whether describing a city under drought, a battle against dark creatures, a humorous tavern brawl, or most horribly yet most vividly, torture and it's survival. What struck me the most with this particular book was the feeling I got while the story started to unfold from its pages.
Kay does something extraordinary here. He'll make you feel as if you are not reading. It sounds absurd! I know. But it's a fact. Somewhere after the first few chapters you will suddenly realise that you feel as if your sitting cuddled next to your loved ones in a huge hall in front of a bright fire, with a big mug of mead in your hands, listening to a great bard tell you a wonderful gripping story, that will leave you hanging on to his every word.
And that is Kay's greatest talent. If you love epic fantasy, especially Tolkien type, you're gonna love The Summer Tree. If you love books full of feelings, with complex characters, elegant prose and masterful writing, you're gonna love The Summer Tree. If you love fairy-tales told by the fire and want to forget yourself for a little while within the pages of a wonderful book - The Summer Tree is your perfect choice!
Find this review and more on my book review and cover art blog The Magic Book Corner View all 6 comments. Nov 25, Veronica rated it really liked it Shelves: buddy-read , fantasy. Seldom do they intersect, and so for the most part they are unknown to each other. Only in Fionavar, the prime creation, which all the others imperfectly reflect, is the lore gathered and preserved that tells of how to bridge the worlds - and even there the years have not dealt kindly with ancient wisdom.
A place where, eons before, the five peoples of Fionavar battled and defeated an ancient Power known as Rakoth the Unraveller. Since such a Power cannot truly be killed, he was imprisoned under a mountain and the five peoples were presented with wardstones, whose power was perpetuated by sacred fires, to keep him there. As long as the sacred fires burned, the wardstones would continue to hold Rakoth in his prison. But nothing ever really lasts forever, not war When portents and dreams start to give warning that something dark is coming it is Loren Silvercloak, a powerful mage, who sets about bringing The Five to Fionavar.
And so begins this magical portal fantasy. And like any good bard, Kay spins a tale that will hook in its readers, holding them in thrall until well past the ending of the story. We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair. This is the first part of a trilogy and it does a brilliant job of slowly meting out the history of Fionavar as our five travellers discover this new world.
There is light and dark in this world and some of the dark is pretty brutal, so much so that not all of the Five will be glad to have made this trip. But there is also healing to be found in Fionavar and some of our travellers may find their peace here. Overall, it was a wonderful beginning to a heartwarming and heartbreaking story that I can already tell will join the ranks of beloved books that I will be rereading in years to come.
If you are new to the writings of Guy Gavriel Kay, know that his writing only gets better, though perhaps more polished is a better descriptor.
A classic case of its-not-you-but-me. Would I continue with the series? Aug 08, Mark rated it did not like it Recommends it for: nobody. Shelves: fantasy. The Review I generally don't write a review for a book unless I finish it. I don't think it's fair to the author or to others interested in the book. I didn't finish this book. However, I did spend a significant amount of time on this book, so I think I do have the right to say something.
This book beat me. I don't know if was the method in which I read the book or if I just didn't have the mindset to do so, but I just didn't like it. Reading became a chore and something that I didn't loo The Review I generally don't write a review for a book unless I finish it. Reading became a chore and something that I didn't look forward to.
I found myself halfway through and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Then I thought, reading a book of this type shouldn't be a chore.
I shouldn't be looking forward to ending the story, but savoring what's happening in the narrative currently. So I quit. If you can get through it, congratulations.
Reading should be a pleasure and not a labor for which Hercules would pat you on the back in admiration. I don't think it's objectively a bad book. I'm sure it possesses a certain charm and that maybe the series turns into a compelling read in the later books.
It was just lost or wasted on me, I guess. This series probably has its fans, and I'm sure they would disagree with my assessment. I'm not saying that they are wrong. I'm saying that I just didn't get it or like it. View all 3 comments.
But when Kay makes choices that feel more personally drawn, and when he grounds and fleshes out his vast cast of characters, there are few writers of fantasy who are better at evoking beautifully rendered moments. I am definitely interested to see where he takes his version of Good going to war with Evil in a Mystical Land in the second and third volumes of this trilogy.
View all 14 comments. Oct 16, Sebastien Castell rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy. I wonder if everyone has their favourite era of fantasy, and whether that era corresponds to when they first truly became enthralled with the genre. For me, it was mid's.
It's not that fantasy was better in those days; in fact, I'll bet any number of literary scholars would argue earlier works were more innovative and more recent ones more sophisticated and inclusive. But the language and style of the 's were the ones that I first learned and that stuck with me.
It's easier, somehow, to I wonder if everyone has their favourite era of fantasy, and whether that era corresponds to when they first truly became enthralled with the genre.
It's easier, somehow, to read a fantasy novel written in that era — as if I'm not fighting the language quite so much. But there were other things I liked about 's fantasy.
Urban fantasy was driven by a kind of blending of ancient and modern mythologies and hadn't yet been taken over by paranormal romance and poorly-disguised superhero stories minus the capes and tights. Portal fantasy novels asked how adults from our world might react when dropped into a magical and mythical landscape. Nowadays, portal fantasy is largely relegated to middle-grade books and variations on LitRPG literary role playing games , both of which are fine in their own right, but not really for me.
I first read found this book in the discard trolley of my local library, bought in for a quarter, and fell headlong and forever into Fionavar, a land not dissimilar in many ways to Middle Earth Kay had recently come off helping Christopher Tolkien with The Silmarillion but without hobbits.
In their place come five twenty-somethings from our world, struggling to figure out how to survive amidst all the swordplay, magic, and evil forces, yet also discovering that they, too, have a vital place in this world. So far it probably doesn't sound all that inventive, partly because most of us have come across lots of portal fantasies over the years and partly because I haven't conveyed what made the Summer Tree so special: the feeling and the voice.
Typically when you drop someone from our world into a fantasy world, you can expect about three hundred pages of, "Oh my god, this is nuts! Like, I totally don't buy this 'Dark Lord' stuff at all, but geez, there's that guy with a sword coming for me just like in [insert intertextual reference about recent movie or video game]". It's not an unexpected thing for writers to do, but it's a facile way of simulating realism and internal conflict. Guy Gavriel Kay, however, goes the opposite route.
In the Summer Tree, the "I don't believe this stuff" comes and goes quickly, which feels more realistic to me because it's hard to imagine still telling yourself something's a dream when you've nearly had your head chopped off.
Instead, his characters find in themselves these nagging resonances with the world of Fionavar, and often slip into the more lyrical language style of the peoples of that world. It changes them from lost mall shoppers in Mordor to semi-mythic beings themselves. Part of how Kay accomplishes this or at least, what it looks like to me as a reader is by giving those characters genuine heartaches and insecurities that they're carrying with them into Fionavar.
So instead of whining about their latest breakups, the five have real, enduring wounds that they're wrestling to heal, and in those wounds lies their particular roles inside the unfolding epic battle for Fionavar. Re-reading this book more than thirty years after it was written, I was struck by how fresh it feels to me simply because it's got a genuinely different style than most other fantasy novels I pick up.
It's not a style that will suit everyone and getting used to a head-hopping omniscient narration can be jarring , but personally? I loved it. Good and bad things happen to characters in this story, and with each one, they're transformed. They don't go back to old insecurities but instead move forward, becoming, step by step, the heroes Fionavar needs. The characters native to Fionavar are equally fleshed-out, and the mythic characters brought into the story there's a whole Arthurian thing that comes into play are blissfully changed by events rather than being stock repetitions of iconic figures.
The Summer Tree is the first in a trilogy, and unlike modern fantasy each book isn't phone-book sized. This keeps the pacing fast and the storytelling fluid. I doubt Kay would argue that this was his best book given, I think, that it was his first , but it's got a romantic compulsion about heroism that I adored even all these years later. Not everyone will react as positively to the Summer Tree as me — this is very much a book of its time that doesn't explicitly or implicitly make reference to the intertextual "meta-ness" that so characterizes contemporary fantasy.
But for me, as someone who discovered fantasy in the 's, The Summer Tree will always remain one of my favourites. Now, onto book two: The Wandering Fire. View all 7 comments. Recommended to Meredith by: Kay. Shelves: reviewed. I read the Narnia stories when I was little, and to be honest, I think C.
Lewis will always have a place in my heart. Anyway, this book is not about C. Lewis, but I think the affection I feel for Narnia made a difference in my read of this book. I spend a lot of time complaining, I think, about when authors throw together a really bad recipe for a book — when they mutilate and mix ingredients that should never go together.
I really liked the use of the ingredients here. Basically pretty good. Unfortunately, at this point, probably most of what I have to say is a spoiler. I particularly liked the disagreement as to whether the sacrifice on the Summer Tree was for good or evil. The other problem I have with this is the characterization of the gods.
Like, the priestesses are dangerous and suspicious, but the magicians are noble and trustworthy. What is up with that? Like, dude, She-Ra did it better. If he's willing to waste his time like that, he doesn't seem so intimidating to me. I liked it. I think I should have felt more emotionally attached to the characters, but I think that has more to do with how I feel in general right now than the book itself.
Especially if you like fantasy, and especially if you're willing to commit to thousands of pages of fantasy reading because there is a mammoth cliffhanger at the end of this book , it is worth picking up.
View all 16 comments. The Fionavar Tapestry was a formative work for me in many ways, with my first read from soon after they came out in the 80s and with multiple rereads since. I mention this to explain why I'm not completely objective on them, as there are several issues from the lens of a 21st century reader including the way some of the women are portrayed here and the lack diversity in a book set across multiple countries and peoples that is meant to be the "first world" that all our worlds are a reflection of maybe a very small slice of Western Europe, not so much anywhere else.
Five Canadian university students travel to a secondary fantasy world, Fionavar supposedly to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the reign of Ailell dan Art, High King of Brennin.
Each finds an important role to play in the events of the series. It's at this time that the evil god Rakoth Maugrim breaks free from his prison and declares war on the whole world.
Volumes have been written on this series, regarding the use of mythology in fantasy works and the price of power and sacrifice. It's all worthwhile, but tends to detract from the shear emotional impact of the series as it constantly defines what is mythic and legendary and then exceeds the legends by the actions of people and gods of the current day. There's a palpable sense of greatness in the sacrifices and actions of these people, particularly in this volume with the actions of Paul, Kim and Ysane and even the Prince Diarmuid who initially comes across as rude and unlikable but soon demonstrates hidden depths.
This is only my current reread, I very much doubt it will be my last. View 1 comment. This is one of those five star books that I've always been reluctant to actually review. Partly because Guy Gavriel Kay is a writer of such a high caliber that writing about his writing feels more than a little ridiculous.
Like anything I have to say is going to sound like "duhhh dis wuz real good! But also partly because Kay's writing has always sort of defied description. He writes epic fantasy of the highest order but getting into how affecting his writing is, how it This is one of those five star books that I've always been reluctant to actually review.
He writes epic fantasy of the highest order but getting into how affecting his writing is, how its often brought me to tears, that's harder to get down somehow.
Which is interesting because the premise of the series is predicated on the idea that the land of Fionavar is the source of every other fantasy world ever created, it is the heart from which all the others are born. There's a gravity to it, a holiness and a reverence that makes you want to talk about its legends and history in a hushed voice. You are speaking of something sacred when you speak of Fionavar. The basic story is a simple one that many other fantasy novels and series have used. A group of college friends are taken by magic to Fionavar and tasked with helping quell the darkness that threatens to destroy it and thus all other worlds.
Kevin, Paul, Dave, Kimberly, and Jennifer all have their roles to play in the coming wars and they each have their private struggles with fear and anger and regret before they can realize their destinies. This is probably the most elegant series I've ever read and has always sort of defined "high" fantasy for me. The language helps.
Kay is a poet and is able to have his characters, modern day 20 somethings, proclaim their love for each other in the style of epic poets or make huge declarations of war and it never feels cheesy or remotely out of place and I've never, ever encountered another author who could pull that off. They think beautifully, their inner monologues all have a depth of feeling that should be melodramatic but somehow isn't.
Its like those rare moments in really great musical theater where the actors sing because they have no other choice. I can't imagine Kay's characters speaking in any other way. There's a solemnity to this series that I just adore. And everything is built on a foundation of love, a theme that runs through virtually all of Kay's writing.
Even the epic battle being fought between the forces of good and evil is founded on a broken heart. This is a series to be savored. Take it from an expert in the art of skipping through to the end when the going gets tough. You will want to read every word. I haven't even touched the epic quests, star crossed love, or magical battles. If I got into the elves and the dwarves and gods we'd be here for a year. But Fionavar is best discovered on your own the way I did.
That's how most magical journey's start anyway isn't it? With a wrong turn or a chance encounter or the moment when your hand touches the spine of a beautifully bound book and you take it home without even reading the title because you just have a feeling about this one. The only thing that could have made the experience of reading these books better was a really terrific narration.
This was indeed delivered in spades by Simon Vance who also does a very fine Jonathan Harker in Audible's "Dracula" which I will one day finish who reads the story like some kind of legendary bard out of a fantasy epic. Which is of course entirely appropriate. He's got a sonorous, rich voice that floats effortlessly between stalwart kings, world crushing demons, and cold high priestesses. His voice seems as thought it was made to speak Kay's words. The setting of the Summer Tree is as close to classic fantasy as I have read in a while, however Guy Gavriel Kay avoids some of the common pitfalls of his era of fantasy.
This is Guy Gavriel Kay's debut novel, and I have been told, his worst book. It was pretty damm fantastic. It did have some issues though, and made a strange combination of small bits of being amateurish and brilliant. The premise is a portal fantasy, 5 Toronto students meet a wizard, and get teleported into Fionavar, the first of The setting of the Summer Tree is as close to classic fantasy as I have read in a while, however Guy Gavriel Kay avoids some of the common pitfalls of his era of fantasy.
The premise is a portal fantasy, 5 Toronto students meet a wizard, and get teleported into Fionavar, the first of all the alternate worlds. This world has all the stuff you would expect in classic fantasy. It's got a dark lord who was defeated a thousand years ago and imprisoner beneath a mountain, it's got kings, princes, mages, dwarves, and what are basically high elves. One thing that was somewhat common in 80s fantasy that it manages to avoid, is the romanization of things that are It also is GGK, so has very well written, multifaceted characters, and the writing is just It isn't quite as smooth as the writing of Tigana or Al-Rassan.
But Guy Gavriel Kay could make the most mundane things seem full of grandeur, and beauty, and emotion. Additionally the pacing of this book was pretty spot on.
GGK does the thing where halfway through the book at the end of part 2 he moves to a different part of the world, but he also almost instantly got me hooked on that part of the world. Overall this was a pretty eventful book, and the vents happened at a steady and logical place.
Another thing he avoids from 80s fantasy is actually having well fleshed out female characters who seem to play as big or bigger of a role then the guys.
Although there is one character who played the getting captured and needs to be rescued role, so I will probably see where that goes. What may be my biggest criticism is that it seems the Toronto university students adapted unrealistically, and maybe even absurdly quickly to the challenges of a fantasy world. Why are all these people amazing horseback riders. I'm pretty sure riding a warhorse into a fight probably is pretty damm hard, and is not a part of the law curriculum at Toronto University.
Overall this was a book that embraces classic fantasy, and clearly wears it's influence of LotR and Narnia on it's sleeve. It manages to have a compelling and complex cast of characters, emotional moments, and gorgeous writing. Even if I will say the dialogue is definitely not as smooth as Al-Rassan or even Tigana. Talha Nice and thorough review, Jake! Glad you enjoyed it.
Jan 19, Lost Planet Airman rated it liked it Shelves: series-in-progress , ratbthe-seven-wonders , sffbc-tbr There were some very lyrical moments, but mostly, it seemed like it had been done before, and better. I know A good story, but never without that derivative feeling. View all 5 comments. I was blown away. He told me to read Tigana. I loved Brandon and was in love with Kay. He told me to avoid the trilogy, though, because he knew I wo I am so glad I came to Kay's The Fionavar Tapestry late because I doubt I ever would have read his great books if I had read these first.
He told me to avoid the trilogy, though, because he knew I would hate it. I don't hate it, but it is the worst writing of Kay's career. One of my favourite words. And this trilogy, and The Summer Tree , is that. Paul is crucified on the Summer Tree and the number three plays an important role. How sneakily Christian of you Guy. Dave goes native. How sneakily Anglo-Native American of you Guy. Kimberly becomes a seer. How Earth Mother of you Guy. Bla, bla, bla. Loren Silvercloak Gandalf anyone?
We have our heroes, we have our villains, our shabby rulers, our lands in crisis, our crappy Fantasy tropes galore. And who cares? I wanted to care. But I didn't. I couldn't. I'd already read Kay's good stuff -- maybe even his great stuff -- and going back to his freshman work was depressing. I wanted to love it. But I could barely like it. Oct 25, Klaus rated it it was ok Shelves: jun22tbr. Beautiful but flawed, GGK's debut novel isn't nearly as enchanting and deep as the masterpiece he pays homage to.
There are moments of beauty, genius, and powerful imagery, but also infuriating weaknesses. Behold: A The setting and structure are a mix of Middle-earth, Narnia and some elements from Celtic and Germanic mythology like lios-alfar and swart-alfar. B Depiction of women. I've never said this before because I'm not a fan of judging older books through our postmodern eyes, but this has certainly not aged well.
There are three female POV characters - one of them is a pure damsel in distress that suffers an overload of sexual violence and gets her nipples squeezed by a wizard.
Like, come on, GGK. You could've tortured her in every way possible, and that's what you decide to do? That character serves no purpose except being pretty and abducted by the evil boogieman although his henchmen had to cross half the world to get her.
Apparently there were no other girls to be assaulted closer to the evil stronghold. The second female protagonist is a pure Mary Sue that doesn't feel like a person at all, the third is a princess who's part of the dumbest, most useless side quest I've ever read in a fantasy world. C The characters don't feel like students from Toronto at all. They're neither part of our world nor of Fionavar- instead, they aren't characters at all except for maybe one of them.
All of the others have just a single character trait and that's about it, but they're still special enough to change the world, apparently. The story of Narnia don't work with adult protagonists, I'm afraid. D The entire first half of the book. It's rubbish. The writing isn't up to the standards I'm used to from GGK, there is no logical motivation for these characters to just voluntarily follow a complete stranger into a fantasy world, and there is zero sense of wonder and surprise. F The mythology of Fionavar which is just a mixture of various stories from the Silmarillion.
Beren, Luthien, Elwing and Earendil mixed together and rebranded, that's about it. Where Middle-earth feels like a real world that people have lived in for thousands of years, Fionavar is a pale shadow of that and feels like an old, mediocre painting of Middle-earth. G Ridiculous overcompetence of the protagonists. Or is normal for Toronto law students to ride and fight like experts in a medieval setting?
The second half, folks. Chapter 9 is among the best stuff I've ever read in a fantasy book, the Paul parts are gloriously brilliant, the Dave storyline is okay, the writing improves Booktube review and vlog will be up later. Three great chapters aren't enough to overcome the huge issues I had with this one.
View 2 comments. I'm going to start my review of this book with some, at least slightly negative comments, so I tried to read this book these books as it's a trilogy some years ago and was, shall we say, far from enamored with them.
I put The Summer Tree down as not worth my time and didn't go back to it. Recently I've seen some reviews by people whom I've agreed with I'm going to start my review of this book with some, at least slightly negative comments, so Recently I've seen some reviews by people whom I've agreed with on other books that were "very" positive so, I decided to give it another go.
I was down with a bad cold recently and on nothing but audio books headache so I reserved this one on audio Now, first the sulfur, then later you can have the molasses to help it go down. The book hits a few of my "oh my goodness this again" spots. For one thing, there was a time that I'd just been "King Arthured" to death. It seemed for a while that for every 3 books on the fantasy shelves I was burned out, and am not much better now.
Show me a blurb that says a book is "an exciting new ,take on, version of, or re-imagining of the Arthurian legend" and I'll show you a book that's going back on the shelf. We also have the constantly annoying "battle of the sexes" motif built into the book. Wheel of time anyone? The book is liberally leavened with ideas, stereotypes, and archetypes that you will undoubtedly recognize. Now, all that being said, the book is pretty well written and I have no doubt that should GGK run across this review or one like it, he'd say something like "ya Given a chance the book's story "can" draw you in.
You need to let it however. My final take Don't love it, but I do like it, a little. Jan 23, Nicky rated it really liked it Shelves: based-on-myth-saga-etc , fantasy. Fresh from reading most of Tolkien's work, and writing a gigantic essay on it too, I have a different perspective on Kay's work.
He has a lot in common with Tolkien, really: the synthesis of a new mythology though not done as history, and therefore lacking all the little authenticating details that Tolkien put in using elements of an old one though Kay used Celtic and Norse mythology, and goodness knows wha Fresh from reading most of Tolkien's work, and writing a gigantic essay on it too, I have a different perspective on Kay's work.
He has a lot in common with Tolkien, really: the synthesis of a new mythology though not done as history, and therefore lacking all the little authenticating details that Tolkien put in using elements of an old one though Kay used Celtic and Norse mythology, and goodness knows what else. The comparisons can't help but be made, though Kay sees his world as a tapestry and Tolkien as a song being sung.
I don't think he makes his world as well as Tolkien does. I feel info-dumped, at times, rather than as if I'm just touching on the tip of a giant submerged mass of lore and wonder that even the inhabitants of his world only half-know. His gods are much more touchable, and more concerned with the individual fates of mortal men, and so less distant and thus less awe-inspiring. I think, perhaps more like C. Lewis, he tries to handle more than he can really weave together. But, that's not to say it's totally unsuccessful.
A book that can have me laughing at one moment and weeping not three pages later can't exactly be classed as unsuccessful. His style is distancing at first -- perhaps too much of a high tone, which Tolkien avoided with his hobbits -- but there are some lovely lines and turns of phrase, and undoubtedly he makes me care about the characters. Another hint that he's doing quite well is that this is at least my fourth reread of this trilogy, though I could well have read it more than that.
Not perfect, but beloved all the same. Aug 31, Stephen rated it it was amazing Shelves: audiobook , mythstories-and-legends , , fantasy , unique-magic. I just finished re-reading this book and was blown away by it. This is intelligent High Fantasy at its best. Gay Gavriel Kay is an incredible writer and his world building as fantastic. It is hard to be original in this well-worn genre, but Kay pulls it off and makes his characters and the world-setting unique and fresh. Highly recommended!!!
May 30, Dawn rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in , fantasy. This book has been on my to-read list for a long time. I've read other Kay and loved it all , but for some reason I just kept putting this one off. Every time I decided it was time to jump in, I'd read the blurb and decide to go with something else. About that.. The whole magically transported into a fantasy world thing? Thanks but no thanks. It just doesn't do it for me. So needless to say, This book has been on my to-read list for a long time.
So needless to say, I went into this sort of dreading it and not really expecting to like it. One of my biggest gripes with the transported into a fantasy world thing is how unbelievable trusting people are. If you're still having trouble, follow these steps to sign in. Add a library card to your account to borrow titles, place holds, and add titles to your wish list.
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Search Search Search Browse menu. Sign in. The Summer Tree. It begins with a chance meeting that introduces the five to a man who will change their lives: a mage who brings them to the first of all worlds, Fionavar.
In this land of gods and myth, each of them is forced to discover what they are and what they are willing to do, as Fionavar stands on the brink of a terrifying war against a dark, vengeful god
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