
The Hickory Staff
The Eldarn Sequence Book 1
Gollancz (Publisher)
Published on 18. August 2005
Book
Hardback
592 pages
978-0-575-07606-8 (ISBN)
Description
Steven Taylor is an assistant bank manager in a quiet little Mid-West town; his roommate Mark Jenkins is a high school history teacher. Steven's bored with his job; the thought of going through all the accounts that haven't had a single transaction in the past 25 years sounds even more boring - until he discovers one old prospector left $17,000 in October 1870; it's now worth 6.3 million dollars. There's a safe deposit box too, 17C, that's never been opened in all those years. And it would have remained closed if Steven hadn't been browsing through a Denver antique store: as well as a dresser for his sister, he found a new girlfriend, Hannah, the owner's daughter ...and, in a jar of oddments, the long-missing key to Idaho Springs Safety Deposit Box 17C. And without that key, he'd never have found the tapestry that sucked him and Mark into the land of Rona in the strange new world of Eldarn, where they are immediately captured by a group of Ronan resistance fighters. Rona has been occupied by Malakasia for nearly a thousand Twinmoons. Now an evil tyrant rules the land, but he wants more: he wants the key that will open the path for an ancient evil to manifest once and for all.And Steven and Mark need this same key if they are ever to get home to Idaho Springs .
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Reviews / Votes
"Just read the first three pages and you'll be hooked. A series that could easily become as legendary as Stephen Donaldson's." OUTLANDMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
902 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-575-07606-8 (9780575076068)
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Robert Scott was born in New York. He studied music; the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship enabled him to study and perform throughout Europe. He has a Masters degree in education and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy study. He and his wife Karen live in northern Virginia with their two children. Jay Gordon was born and raised in Brooklyn. His Masters degree and career in business management was followed by a second career in IT during the early years of the personal computer. He died in 2005, shortly after finishing the final book inthe Eldarn Sequance Jay Gordon was born in New York. Before his death in 2005 Jay worked as a business programmer before becoming a network management specialist. In New Jersey he founded an independent consulting firm building corporate network and technology systems. The Hickory Staff was Jay's first work of fiction. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.