Travis Wilder, bar-owner and drifter, is given a mysterious stone by a friend. Grace Beckett, ER doctor, finds a gunshot victim with a heart of iron. Both Travis and Grace must step beyond the pale and enter Eldh, a world where they are caught in a battle between good and evil.
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To go through a portal, from the towns and cities of mundane reality, to some place where we do not know the rules, is not just a handy way of dumping your central character in a difficult situation. It is also a way of saying something about the provisional nature of the reality we already know--in Anthony's tale of high adventure and menace, it is clear that the plague of heartless supermen that is afflicting the realm of Eldh is also present in our own world. A bar owner and a doctor are shanghaied to Eldh--he does no more than cope, while she talks her way into Court and finds poised intrigue even more to her taste than Emergency Room surgery. This is standard wish-fulfilment stuff, but Anthony does it, at his occasional best, with real verve and invention. Part of the charm of stories of strange lands is traveller's tales of our own world-- Anthony does not stint in that estrangement which comes of bringing mundane skills to this new world. This is, among other things, a detective story in which Travis and Grace find quite simple knowledge of investigative technique puts them ahead of the game in a mediaeval world. --Roz Kaveney
Travis Wilder, bar-owner and drifter, is given a mysterious stone by a friend. Grace Beckett, ER doctor, finds a gunshot victim with a heart of iron. Both Travis and Grace must step beyond the pale and enter Eldh, a world where they are caught in a battle between good and evil.
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Paperback: 9¼" x 6". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Stephen Youll (illustrator). 1st UK Edition. © 1998: 1st in the 'Last Rune' series of books. 1st UK edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: Walk between the worlds. On a world called Eldh, an ancient gate of iron weakens. A darkness that has slept for a thousand years - the Pale King - stirs once more. On a world called Earth, a preacher of the Apocalypse blows into a Colorado mountain town with a message for those who dare to listen: the darkness is coming. Travis Wilder, bar-owner and drifter, is given a mysterious stone by a friend. Grace Beckett, an ER doctor in Denver, finds a gunshot victim with a heart of iron. Both Travis and Grace must step beyond the pale, beyond the boundaries of the world they have known. As doors are opened for each of them, they enter Eldh, a world where they are caught against their wills in an age-old struggle between good and evil. A world of magic, runes and death:- Review(s): "Mark Anthony's fantasy world deserves the highest plaudit: it seems as realistic as Earth, despite the huge differences. The first volume in a massive saga, 'Beyond The Pale' takes the reader far away from the lands they know. Join the journeyers":- (original cost £9.99). Seller Inventory # 19.999.00009
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