JERLAYNE
Lynn Abbey
DAW, 1999
ISBN:0-88677-809-3 (paperback)
When Elmeene was young, a scourge devestated the realm of Faerie. Mortals had learned to work
iron, and the immortal elves who ventured through the Veil to forage in the world of men,
had brought the toxic metal home, unaware of the danger. Iron's poison had swept through
Faerie, leaving no elfin home untouched by blooddeath, threatening to annihilate this land
of undying people.
Elmeene had risked her life to discover the cure for blooddeath,and had saved her world.
Now, two thousand years later, Faerie seems to be thriving. Elfin woman shape metal, wood,
stone, and fire, and heal their injured. Elfin men once again part the Veil to forage in the
lands of mortals.
But Elmeene's youngest daughter Jerlayne, who has inherited not only her mother's
talent, but also her ambition and independence of spirit, feels that all is not well in
her land. Her mother Elmeene is withdrawn and secretive. Jerlayne senses a brittleness
behind her mother's strength; turmoil beneath her surface serenity.
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