Midwinterblood

Marcus Sedgwick, Marcus Sedgwick

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Gollancz
26 June 2012

Fantasy; Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA); Urban Fantasy; Gothic

Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar even when you've never been there before, or felt that you've known someone even though you are meeting them for the first time?

In a novel comprising seven short stories each of them influenced by a moon - flower moon, harvest moon, hunter's moon, blood moon - and travelling from 2073 back in time to the dark of the moon and the days of Viking saga, this is the story of Eric and Merle who have loved and lost one another and who have been searching for each other ever since. In the different stories the two appear as lovers, mother and son, brother and sister, artist and child as they come close to finding each other before facing the ultimate sacrifice.

Beautifully imagined, intricately and cleverly structured this is a heart-wrenching and breathtaking love story, but it also has the hallmark Sedgwick gothic touch with plenty of blood-spilling, a vampire and sacrifice.

By: Marcus Sedgwick, Marcus Sedgwick
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781780620206
ISBN 10: 1780620209
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 June 2012
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience: Young adult , 12+ years , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.marcussedgwick.com

Marcus Sedgwick is a full time author and the Writer in Residence at Bath University.

Reviews for Midwinterblood

This is a novel that demands to be read more than once because it is only at the conclusion of the seven interlinked episodic stories that the complexity of the novel's extraordinary story of doomed love becomes clear... Sedgwick is a fine writer and this hugely atmospheric and demanding book will satisfy adults too. -- Sally Morris THE DAILY MAIL 20120706