Once Upon A Dreadful Time Once Upon A Dreadful Time
Faery Series

Once Upon A Dreadful Time

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Publisher Description

National bestselling author of the Mithgar novels Dennis L. McKiernan delivers the exhilarating conclusion to his celebrated seasonal fairytale cycle, pitting the heroic couples of the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn Woods against the ultimate darkness…
 
Once upon a dreadful time, the vile witch Hradian conceives of a plan to set free her master, the wizard Orbane, now trapped in the Castle of Shadows. But her scheme results in unforeseen consequences—threatening not only the world of Faery but that of mortals as well.
 
Rising to challenge this threat, the heroes and heroines of Winterwood, Summerwood, Springwood, and Autumnwood rally humans and Fey alike to a cause that may be lost before it begins.
 
Guided by the enigmatic words of the Fates, the alliance battles the dark forces in a desperate attempt to prevail, only to be driven back, for nothing, it seems, can stop the affliction. And though Time touches not this land of legend, Time itself is a hazard…
 
“Exhibits the author’s unflinching charm and obvious mastery of his art.”—Library Journal

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2007
October 2
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
416
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
1.1
MB

Customer Reviews

Fairycharmed ,

I enjoyed this series

But I enjoy mr mckiernans style of writing. This is not epic fantasy by any means but it is a sweet story with likable characters and an easy to follow plot line (as opposed to six plot lines)

Megmca ,

Sweet to the point of cloying.

The world is unique. That's about the only good thing in this series.

The author uses French as the world's "Old Tongue" which would be ok except the French language has the unfortunate effect of sounding pretentious. At the same time none of the named protagonists is ever in any serious danger. Literally half of the main characters spend half the book out of the action sitting on their butts.

The plot is rushed. It takes three chapters to train villagers into an army. Five or six chapters to have that army butchered.

The book managed to be both trite and pretentious at the same time, all while bring so sweet as to induce gagging.

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