Caves of Fire and Ice ( The Children of Ynell, Book 4 ) [Paperback]

Shirley Rousseau Murphy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1982

Following his true love Telien into far reaches of Time, Ramad of the Wolves is followed in turn by the Seer Skeelie, who also loves him.

A Kindle edition of this book is available in an omnibus titled The Runestone of Eresu.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Avon Flare; 1st edition (March 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380580810
• ISBN-13: 978-0380580811
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,836,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Shirley Rousseau Murphy grew up in southern California, riding and showing the horses her father trained. She attended the San Francisco Art institute. Shortly after graduation, she married and worked as an interior designer while her husband attended USC. "When Pat finished school, I promptly quit my job and began to exhibit paintings and welded metal sculpture in the West Coast juried shows," Murphy explains. Her work could be seen in many traveling shows in the western States and Mexico. She continues, "But when we moved to Panama for a four-year tour, in Pat's position with the U.S. Courts, I put away the paints and welding torches, and began to write."

She has published sixteen children's books, a young adult fantasy quintet, the Dragonbards fantasy trilogy, and The Catswold Portal. "It was while working on this adult fantasy that I knew I wanted to explore further the fascinating world of sentient cats. I began to see the gray tomcat, whom I knew well in real life, as a feline detective with a brash attitude--and the die was cast. I launched into the Joe Grey mystery series. I like discovering anew with each book how the three cats interact with their close-knit world of human friends--Joe Grey in-your-face abrasive, Dulcie of a gentler nature, and Kit wildly imaginative."

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've ever read and I've read hundreds, September 17, 2002

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This review is from: Caves of Fire and Ice ( The Children of Ynell, Book 4 ) (Paperback)

I LOVE this book! I found it at the library and didn't expect it to be that good and when I read I read it in a couple hours. I kept on reading and reading it! It is about Skeelie and how she loves Ramad but Ramad is searching for Telien his true love. It is very imaginitive and goes into time travel and stuff like that. I would recomend it to anyone! Girls it goes into love and Boys it goes into battle and fighting. THE BEST!

5.0 out of 5 stars Now available for Kindle in an omnibus edition, February 24, 2011

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Sylvia Engdahl (Eugene, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caves of Fire and Ice ( The Children of Ynell, Book 4 ) (Paperback)

This book and two others in the series, The Castle of Hape and The Joining of the Stone, are now available for Kindle in an omnibus edition titled The Runestone of Eresu. (The first two books of the series are in another omnibus, The Shattered Stone; but The Runestone of Eresu, which is for older teens and adults, can be read independently.) If you liked this book, please review it there.

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why isn't Ms. Murpy Famous?, June 24, 2000

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Robert LaPrelle (Rural Retreat, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caves of Fire and Ice (The Children of Ynell 4) (Library Binding)

This is an excellent book. I picked up this book because I had read the Dragonbard Trilogy and loved them, but this book surpassed them by far. Unfortunately, because of the obscurity of the author, I have been unable to find any of the other books in the series, but that is neither here nor there. The plot was complex, interesting, and dealt realistically with time travel. The characters were realistic and well-developed and the writing was superb.