Dark Ages - Softcover

Pritchard, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006496377 ISBN 13: 9780006496373

Publisher: Voyager, 1998

Synopsis

INTO THE DARK

Fran has come back to face her ghosts: the fears she buried four long years ago. If she confronts the creatures from her nightmares, she’ll know that they were only in her mind. Her best friend and the man she loves are waiting, and spring in sunny Oxford seems to light the way ahead. But on Salisbury Plain she meets a living shadow and finds she is destined for a darker road.

Martin is still challenging his demons: the phantoms that he’s glimpsed and can’t forget. Before his eyes they swarmed out of a medieval star chart and vanished in the night without a trace. He has unleashed the Ravensbreed: a band of ruthless warriors, sworn to defend their ancient kingdom in its darkest hour. The world has moved on, and yet the land still needs them. Beyond the peaceful English fields, old enemies are gathering again.

From city streets to wild woods, among outcasts and resisters, Fran and Martin must join the Ravensbreed in their final, desperate war – a long and bloody struggle which, if lost, will plunge their country and everyone they love into a brutal New Dark Age.

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Review:

‘A magical tale... Satisfying, ethereal and poignant.’
SFX

‘A well-written and original novel, picking up on aspects of history neglected in the genre and containing numerous ideas and set-pieces which stay with the reader’
Shivers

From the Back Cover:

IT WAS THE STARCHART THAT DID IT

For years Fran has been haunted by a night on Salisbury Plain that took her to the brink of madness. Time and again, she has attempted a fresh start in life only to be dragged back by a recurring and terrible vision – a head luminous with decay, an animal reek lingering long after the image has faded.

Martin has fared no better. He looked infinity in the face and slunk into the shadows of life. He shouldn't have messed with things he didn't know about. He'd been warned. Though his interest in an antique starchart, he unwittingly summoned the Ravensbreed – a ruthless 9th-century sect who have pledged to haunt the land, to protect it from invasion in its darkest hour. When the Ravensbreed are summoned, their enemies soon follow. And they all want to meet him.

Now, as hordes of undead stalk England's desolate landscape, hell – bent on creating a new era of darkness and fear, Fran and Martin must join the Ravensbreed in a final and desperate battle for supremacy.

THE HOUR IS HERE.
THE DARK IS COMING...

About this edition

• Publisher: Voyager
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0006496377
• ISBN 13: 9780006496373
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 768