Frostflower And Thorn [Mass Market Paperback]

Phyllis Ann Karr (Author)

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The hot-tempered, impulsive swordswoman Thorn has gotten pregnant. The gentle, celibate sorceress Frostflower wants a child, and can bring a baby from conception to birth in an afternoon. Though the pacifistic sorcerers are feared and hated outside their mysterious mountain retreats, Frostflower persuades the suspicious warrior to let her magick the baby to term. But when the sorceress's actions arouse the wrath of the ruling priests, Frostflower and Thorn find themselves outlaws under a death sentence.

Wildside Press is performing a great service by reprinting obscure or hard-to-find works of fantasy, science fiction, and adventure from authors like H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, and Sax Rohmer. But Wildside may be performing an even greater service by reprinting the equally deserving works of less famous authors. One writer receiving a well-deserved revival is Phyllis Ann Karr. As of 2000, Wildside had reprinted four of her fantasy novels: Frostflower and Thorn, Frostflower and Windbourne, At Amberleaf Fair, and The Idylls of the Queen. The heroic-fantasy Frostflower and Thorn series is well written, complex, and thoughtful, and never descends to cliché. You will find no simple villainies here, no quests for some superpowered sword or amulet. This is no standard high-fantasy realm of kings and knights and dark lords, and its culture is very different from ours, so much so that certain events and behaviors in Frostflower and Thorn will deeply disturb some readers, although they are believable consequences of this world's societies. --Cynthia Ward --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley (May 5, 1955)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425075885
• ISBN-13: 978-0425075883
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,657,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Swordlady and Sorceress!, April 1, 2000

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Frost "patrisiad" (Euless, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frostflower and Thorn (Paperback)

I first encountered the characters Frostflower and the swordlady Thorn in Marion Zimmer Bradley's first Sword and Sorceress anthology -- FROSTFLOWER AND THORN introduces the duo and their world, where the peaceful sorcerons are despised by the general populace. The two title characters are polar opposites, thrown together by chance meeting, and kept together by their growing friendship through the dangers of the Tanglelands, the scheming of the Farmer-Priests, and the suspicions of the world-at-large. Frostflower is the peaceful sorceress, who wouldn't dream of harming anyone -- for to do so would be to lose her sorceress powers! And Thorn is the tough, gritty warrior who wouldn't think twice to run someone through, especially when her life is on the line! This is a very entertaining read, in a world that's very different from what one normally finds in today's fantasy novels.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an Excellent book., August 2, 2000

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Michael Rowland (Hayward, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frostflower and Thorn (Paperback)

Wow, I was floored by this book. It is not your standard fantasy romp. The system of magic is unique and very interesting. Character development is thorough. The action is intense. A great read.