THE DREAMING TREE
C.J. Cherryh
DAW Books, 1997
ISBN: 0-88677-782-8 (paperback)
THE TWILIGHT OF FAERY--It was that transitional time of the world, when man first
brought the clang of iron and the reek of smoke to the lands
whcih before had echoed only with fairy voices. In that dawn
of man and death of magic there yet remained one last
untouched place--the small forest of Ealdwood--which kept
the magic intact, and protected the old ways. And there was
one who dwelt there, Arafel the Sidhe, who had more pride
and love of teh world as it used to be than any of her kind.
But fear of the world of Faery ran deep in the hearts of men,
and when Ciaran Cuilean, Lord of Caer Wiell, a man
with Elvish blood in his veins, found himself the object of
increasing distrust and suspicion from his men, his king, and
even his own family, he knew he must once again put his
humanity aside and return to Ealdwood. For shadows of a
newly awakened evil swarmed accross both lands, and unless
Ciaran reclaimed his haunted weapons from the Tree of Swords
and joined Arafel, he would see this evil overtake not
only the warm hearthsones of the mortal keeps but the silvery heart of Ealdwood itself!
Formerly published in two volumes: The Dreamstone and The Tree of Swords and Jewels
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