The Light of the Midnight Stars
The beautiful and timeless tale of love, loss and sisterhood
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Publisher Description
A SPELLBINDING TALE OF LOVE AND LOSS, SISTERHOOD AND THE TANGLED THREADS OF FATE
'Blending folktale with history, hope with tragedy, its touch will linger on your heart long after you put it down' Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series
This is how a fairy tale begins . . .
Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small miracles and none are more gifted than the great Rabbi Isaac and his three daughters.
Hannah, bookish and calm, can coax plants to grow even when the weather is bitterly cold. Sarah, defiant and strong, can control the impulsive nature of fire. And Levana, the fey one, can read the path of the stars to decipher their secrets.
But darkness is creeping across Europe, threatening the lives of every Jewish person in every village. Each sister will have to make an impossible choice in an effort to survive - and change the fate of their family for ever.
Enter a magical world of secrets, family ties and fairy tales weaving through history . . . perfect for fans of The Bear and the Nightingale and Spinning Silver.
'The Light of the Midnight Stars is storytelling as spellcasting. Rossner has conjured something vivid and wild and true' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
'Rossner creates a lush, immersive world . . . The result is as lovely as it is heartbreaking' Publishers Weekly
'Rossner's tale is as lyrical as the slow growth of roots, the quick dance of fire and the stately procession of the stars. Blending folktale with history, hope with tragedy, its touch will linger on your heart long after you put it down' Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series
'A welcome tribute to Jewish resilience in the face of oppression, imbued with elemental magic, folkloric traditions and the transcendent power of love' Jordanna Max Brodsky, author of The Wolf in the Whale
Other novels by Rena Rossner:
The Sisters of the Winter Wood
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rossner's folklore-steeped sophomore outing (after The Sisters of the Winter Wood) offers a complex meditation on tragedy and tradition. Reb Isaac and his family live in the Jewish quarter of Trnava where they uphold the traditions of the Solomonars, a sect capable of powerful magic. Their story unfolds through the eyes of Isaac's three gifted daughters: romantic Hannah, the oldest, has a special connection to the earth; defiant Sarah can conjure fire; and Levana, the youngest and least developed, obsesses over the futures she reads in the stars. As a black mist descends on the town, infecting crops and creeping into people's lungs, rumors spread that the Solomonars are responsible. When a goyish royal converts to Judaism for love of Hannah, the anti-Semitism only worsens—eventually forcing the family to flee their burning village through the woods. When they emerge in Wallachia, they take on new names and set aside their old ways. But faith and magic linger in the sisters' hearts—and when they cross paths with the royal family of their new land, history threatens to repeat itself. With deceptively simple prose, Rossner creates a lush, immersive world through which the sprawling plot meanders, punctuated by moments of intense grief. The result is as lovely as it is heartbreaking.