Chrysanthe

By: Yves Meynard

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Paperback | 13 March 2012

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498 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 2.82

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Christine, the princess and heir to the real world of Chrysanthe, is kidnapped as a small child by a powerful magician and exiled in a Made World that is a version of our present reality. In exile, supervised by her strict "uncle"(actually a wizard in disguise), she undergoes bogus memory recovery therapy, through which she is forced to remember childhood rape and abuse by her parents and others. She is terribly stunted emotionally by this terrifying plot, but at seventeen discovers it is all a lie. Christine escapes with a rescuer, Sir Quentin, a knight from Chrysanthe, in a thrilling chase across realities.

Once home, the magical standoff caused by her exile is broken, and a war begins, in spite of the best efforts of her father, the king, and his wizard, Melogian. And that war, which takes up nearly the last third of the work, is a marvel of magical invention and terror, a battle between good and evil forces that resounds with echoes of the great battles of fantasy literature.

Industry Reviews

"Elegantly written and immensely enjoyable...pure delight." --Cleveland Plain Dealer on Book of Knights

"Here is literary alchemy of the highest order, resulting in seamless Art." --Terence M. Green, author of Shadow of Ashland on Book of Knights

"The author's lyrical style accentuates...this intensely compact tale of self-discovery. Transcending the fantasy genre, this novel belongs in most libraries." --Library Journal on Book of Knights

"A coming-of-age tale of a young man desperate to become a knight. Meynard's writing is deft, creating evocative imagery with the simplest language." --Publishers Weekly on Book of Knights

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