Prospero’s Children

Jan Siegel

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English

Harper Collins
08 November 2000

Science fiction; Fantasy; Cultural & Period Fantasy; Questing & Adventure; Atlantis; Urban Fantasy

English fantasy at its finest, the first in this exciting new trilogy steps into the gap that exists between The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Clive Barker’s Weaveworld.

A mysterious, isolated house awaits sixteen-year-old Fern and her brother Will for the summer holidays. As the old house reveals its secrets, their familiar world starts to fracture, giving access to a magical and corrupt land destroyed thousands of years ago.

For hidden in the house is a talisman which has been sought by the forces of good and evil for millennia. And only someone possessed of the Gift can use it.

Soon, Fern finds herself being courted by the enigmatic wanderer, Ragginbone, and the sinister art-dealer, Javier Holt, who know that she has the Gift. Both want her to find the talisman, and use it to unlock the door, but what awaits her on the other side…?

This is English fantasy at its finest. Prospero’s Children steps into the gap that exists between The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Clive Barker’s Weaveworld, and is destined to become a modern classic.

By: Jan Siegel
Imprint: Harper Collins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 184g
ISBN: 9780006512806
ISBN 10: 0006512801
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 08 November 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Jan Siegel has already lived through one lifetime -- during which she travelled the world and supported herself through a variety of professions, including those of actress, barmaid, garage hand, laboratory assistant, journalist and model. Her new life is devoted to her writing, but she also finds time to ride, ski and attend the opera.

Reviews for Prospero’s Children

For all those grown-ups who wished there was an adult version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe here it is. A wonderfully powerful fantasy which encompasses London, the Yorkshire moors and Atlantis with equal ease and grace. There are the architypical figures that you would expect in any great fantasy tale which aid in the wonderful 'coming of age' sub-plot. All-in-all this is an absolute feast for the imagination and indicates great things from Siegel. (Ages 14+) (Kirkus UK)