Moonheart

Finally back in print, Moonheart is de Lint's classic novel of ancient magic on the streets of contemporary Ottawa.

When Sara and Jamie discover a few seemingly ordinary artifacts, they sense the pull of a dim and distant place: a world of mists and forests, ancient magics, mythical beings, ageless bards—and restless evil.

Now, with friends and enemies alike—including Blue, the biker; Keiran, the folk musician; the Inspector from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and the mysterious Tom Hengyr—Sara and Jamie are drawn into an enchanted land through the portals of Tamson House, a sprawling edifice in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, that straddles two worlds.

Moonheart is a tale of both this world and the other one—the world at the very edge of human sight. It is a quintessential urban-fantasy novel of music, motorcycles, magic, and folks who live beyond the shadows of the moon.

Praise

"Charles de Lint shows that, far from being mere escapism, contemporary fantasy can be the deep mythic literature of our time."—Fantasy and Science Fiction

"Charles de Lint is a folksinger as well as a writer and it is this voice we hear [in Moonheart] . . . new, old, lyric, longing, and touched by magic."—Jane Yolen

"A finely textured song of a tale of power, wonder, and suspense. Keenly felt, satisfying, fully realized . . . The book's essence lingers when the reading's done."—Roger Zelazny

"Mr. de Lint's handling of ancient folklore [woven] into an entirely new pattern has never, to my knowledge, been equaled."—Andre Norton

"Charles de Lint has [long] enjoyed a reputation as one of the world's leading fantasists, thanks largely to his enchanting 1984 novel Moonheart."—Toronto Star

About the Author(s)

Charles de Lint

Born in Holland in 1951, Charles de Lint grew up in Canada. Although his first novel was 1984's The Riddle of the Wren, it was with the now-classic Moonheart, published later that same year, that de Lint originally made his mark. His other widely celebrated novels include Dreams Underfoot, The Fair at Emain Macha, Into the Green, The Little Country, and Spiritwalk. Charles de Lint has also published several collections of short stories, including Moonlight and Vines, which won the World Fantasy Award.

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Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE
 
 
Sara Kendell once read somewhere that the tale of the world is like a tree. The tale, she understood, did not so much mean the niggling occurrences of daily life. Rather it encompassed the grand stories that caused some change in the world and were remembered in ensuing years as, if not histories, at least folktales and myths. By such reasoning, Winston Churchill could take his place in British folklore alongside the legendary Robin Hood; Merlin Ambrosius had as much validity as Martin Luther.

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