The Alchemist's Door - Hardcover

Goldstein, Lisa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765301504 ISBN 13: 9780765301505

Publisher: Forge, 2002

Synopsis

Fleeing to Prague to escape a demon attack, sixteenth-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee assists a mystic rabbi in the creation of a clay Golem that will defend the city's Jewish Quarter and help prevent the fulfillment of a terrible prophecy. 10,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Lisa Goldstein is one of our best writers. Indeed, with "Tourists "and "A Mask for the General", I came to the conclusion that she simply was the best writer in our field today, bar none. Her view of reality is so quirky but true, her characterization so sympathetic yet brutally honest, her writing so extravagantly clear."--Orson Scott Card

"What an intriguing read this is! It is a substantial tale of angels and demons, fantasy and horror, set within a richly depicted historical milieu and fraught with an aura of foreboding that draws one in from the very first page." -"Booklist "(starred review)

Lisa Goldstein is one of our best writers. Indeed, with "Tourists "and "A Mask for the General," I came to the conclusion that she simply was the best writer in our field today, bar none. Her view of reality is so quirky but true, her characterization so sympathetic yet brutally honest, her writing so extravagantly clear. "Orson Scott Card"

What an intriguing read this is! It is a substantial tale of angels and demons, fantasy and horror, set within a richly depicted historical milieu and fraught with an aura of foreboding that draws one in from the very first page. "Booklist (starred review)""

Lisa Goldstein is one of our best writers. Indeed, with Tourists and A Mask for the General, I came to the conclusion that she simply was the best writer in our field today, bar none. Her view of reality is so quirky but true, her characterization so sympathetic yet brutally honest, her writing so extravagantly clear. Orson Scott Card

What an intriguing read this is! It is a substantial tale of angels and demons, fantasy and horror, set within a richly depicted historical milieu and fraught with an aura of foreboding that draws one in from the very first page. Booklist (starred review)

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"Lisa Goldstein is one of our best writers. Indeed, with Tourists and A Mask for the General, I came to the conclusion that she simply was the best writer in our field today, bar none. Her view of reality is so quirky but true, her characterization so sympathetic yet brutally honest, her writing so extravagantly clear." --Orson Scott Card

"What an intriguing read this is! It is a substantial tale of angels and demons, fantasy and horror, set within a richly depicted historical milieu and fraught with an aura of foreboding that draws one in from the very first page." --Booklist (starred review)

About the Author:

Lisa Goldstein is the author of seven widely acclaimed novels, including The Dream Years, A Mask for the General, Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon, Tourists, Summer King, Winter Fool, and Dark Cities Underground, as well as numerous works of short fiction, recently collected in the anthology Travellers in Magic. Goldstein lives in Oakland, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0765301504
• ISBN 13: 9780765301505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286