The Singing by Alison Croggon

The Singing by Alison Croggon

In an increasingly battle-ravaged land, Maerad, Cadvan, and Hem desperately search for one another as they make their separate journeys. The Black Army is advancing north, and even as Maerad faces a mighty confrontation with the Landrost to save Innail, all of the Seven Kingdoms are threatened with bitter and devastating defeat. Yet in Maerad and Hem lives the secret to the mysterious Singing, and legend holds that if they release the music of Elidhu together, they have the power to defeat the Nameless One. Can brother and sister find each other in time to fight this all-powerful enemy, and are they strong enough--even reunited--to defeat him before all is lost?

The climactic volume of the epic quartet follows the Bards of Edil-Amarandh on a vital quest to merge their powers against a nameless evil.

Alison Croggon is an award-winning Australian poet whose work has been published extensively in anthologies and magazines around the world. Her plays and opera libretti have been produced in Australia, and she is also an editor and critic. She began to write the books of Pellinor when her oldest son, Joshua, was reading fantasy. I had forgotten how much I loved this stuff when I was a kid, and Josh's reading reminded me, she says. My first real ambition as a child was to write a fantasy novel. One day I sat down and started writing a story. I had no idea what would happen, but one character appeared, and then another, and before long I had to finish the story to find out what happened. That story was THE NAMING. She says she was surprised by how the book seemed to unfold, already formed, before her. Perhaps it's been waiting to be written for thirty years. Alison Croggon lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her playwright husband and their three children.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780763636654
ISBN 10	0763636657
Title	The Singing
Author	Alison Croggon
Series	Books Of Pellinor
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Candlewick Press (MA)
Year published	2009-02-01
Number of pages	496
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.