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The Summer Tree

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1984
2019
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See 5
Overture
Part I - Silvercloak
Part II - Rachel's Song
Part III - The Children of Ivor
Part IV - The Unraveller
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 Fionavar Tapestry*
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Fionavar Tapestry*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A series of fanasy novels by Guy Gavriel Kay.

1) The Summer Tree
2) The Wandering Fire
3) The Darkest Road
Copyright © Guy Gavriel Kay, 1984
The Summer Tree is dedicated to the
memory of my grandmother,
TANIA POLLOCK BIRSTEIN
whose gravestone reads,
"Beautiful, Loving, Loved,"
and who was all of these things.
After the war was over, they bound him under the Mountain.
May contain spoilers
And then it was cold, cold, and completely dark, as she took them through alone.
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Added: 01-Oct-2019
Last Updated: 03-Mar-2023

Publications

 01-Sep-1986
Berkley Books
Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Sep-1986
Format:
Paperback
Cover Price:
$3.50
Pages*:
323
Internal ID:
2021
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-425-09294-1
ISBN-13:
978-0-425-09294-1
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Martin Springett  - Cover Artist
THE SUMMER TREE


Beneath the mountain, the evil one waits, chained, longing for release.

In the castle Brennin, the old king sleeps restlessly, fearing the shadow of the Summer Tree.  In the bedrooms and taverns of the High Kingdom, a young prince takes his pleasures - and quietly prepares for the war that will surely come.  In the woods the silvery lios alfar gather, hearing the howls of the wolves at night.

In a lakeside cottage, the Dreamer dreams of the five who will come from a world called Earth, the five who are Fionavar's last and only hope.

"A strongly individual book by a special new writer."
-LOCUS

"Might well become another classic of the genre."
-FANTASY REVIEW

"I'm overwhelmed!"
-MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY
Cover:
Book Cover
Notes and Comments:
Arbor House edition / October 1985
Berkley edition / September 1986
No number line - first edition paperback assumed

I picked this up at Second Chance Books and Comics with a Christmas gift certificate from my daughter.

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 01-Aug-2009
Penguin Audio
Audiobook
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
01-Aug-2009
Format:
Audiobook
Cover Price:
$26.95
Length:
13 hrs 3 min
"Read":
Once
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1941
Publisher:
ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Simon Vance  - Narration
From audible.com:

The Summer Tree is the first novel of Guy Gavriel Kay's critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry. 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 marvelous 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....
Cover:
Book Cover
Notes and Comments:
©2001 Guy Gavriel Kay ℗2020 Recorded Books

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Author(s)

Guy Gavriel Kay  
Birth: 07 Nov 1954 Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Awards

1986Locus MagazineBest First Novel Nominee
1987Mythopoeic SocietyMythopoeic Award Nominee
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  • When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
  • Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.






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