Earthquake Weather - Softcover

Powers, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812555198 ISBN 13: 9780812555196

Publisher: Tor Books, 1998

Synopsis

A young woman possessed by a ghost has slain the Fisher King of the West, Scott Crane. Now, temporarily freed from the malevolent spirit, she seeks to restore the King to life and thwart the would-be usurper. But Crane's body has been taken by his loyal servants to the magically protected home of Pete and Angelica Sullivan, where their adopted son, Koot Hoomie, is bleeding from a wound that will not heal. Kootie is destined to be the next King, but he is only thirteen years old - too young, his mother thinks, to perform the rituals to assume the Kingship. But not too young, perhaps, to assist in reuniting Scott Crane's body and spirit and restoring him to life. Earthquakes, fires, floods, and riots plague California. Powerful ghosts wander the cities, too strong for even the cleverest hunters. Only the restoration of the King can restore the balance, and it must be done soon.

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Review:

"Powers continues his winning ways with Earthquake Weather, a sequel of sorts to the brilliant Expiration Date....Other writers tells tales of magic in the twentieth century, but nobody does it like Powers."--"The Orlando Sentinel" "Powers creates a mystical, magical otherworld superimposed on our own and takes us on a marvelous, guided tour of his vision."--"Science Fiction Chronicle" "Once again, Powers managed to win me over, with his ability to invoke the full forces of nature, both human and beyond humanity, in this place with its own special versions of the seasons as they change, and they change again."--"Locus"

Book Description:

* 'The best fantasy writer to appear for decades' - GUARDIAN

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0812555198
• ISBN 13: 9780812555196
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 640