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The Summer Tree
A Fantasy Novel by Guy Gavriel Kay
Book 1 of the Fionavar Tapestry Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Portal Fantasy,
- Epic Fantasy,
- Mythic Fantasy,
- Chosen One
This book is for you if you're into...
- Portal fantasy where ordinary people are swept into mythic wars
- Multiple heroes each facing their own dark, epic journey
- Classic fantasy worlds shaped by gods, prophecy, and poetic prose
From Little Stack
The Fionavar Tapestry draws flavors from Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia, with a bit of enchanting Arthurian legend blended in for good measure. We’re introduced to five young people from Earth, each of which is a “Chosen One” in their own special way.
I loved following along on the epic—often terribly dark—journeys that each of our five heroes goes on, and this series shocked me time and again in all the best ways. If you like fantasy woven with myth and prophecy, with a classic feel and poetic prose (the hallmark of any Guy Gavriel Kay novel), this whole series deserves a place on your TBR.
Taken to a realm of magic and war, five men and women from our world embark on an epic journey in the first novel in Guy Gavriel Kay’s classic, critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry.
It begins with a chance meeting that introduces the five to a man who will change their lives: a mage who brings them to the first of all worlds, Fionavar.
In this land of gods and myth, each of them is forced to discover what they are and what they are willing to do, as Fionavar stands on the brink of a terrifying war against a dark, vengeful god...
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