Book Rec of the Day 2/19/2007

FANTASY

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe meets The Lord of the Rings, as five university students get mixed up in a world of wizards when Loren Silvercloak lures them to Fionavar where they will meet their destinies. Vivid settings, quick plotting, and Arthurian flavor make Kay’s book a fantasy favorite. “Immense scale, literary richness and dazzling heroes,” raves the Toronto Sun.

THE SUMMER TREE, by Guy Gavriel Kay (1984; Roc, 2001)

The Summer Tree is the first book of The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy.