The Face in the Frost - by John Bellairs (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published: New York: Macmillan, c1969.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A fantasy classic by the author of <i>The House with a Clock in Its Walls</i>--basis for the Jack Black movie--and "a writer who knows what wizardry is all about" (Ursula K. Le Guin).</b> <p/> A richly imaginative story of wizards stymied by a power beyond their control, <i>A Face in the Frost</i> combines the thrills of a horror novel with the inventiveness of fairy tale-inspired fantasy. <p/> Prospero, a tall, skinny misfit of a wizard, lives in the South Kingdom--a patchwork of feuding duchies and small manors, all loosely loyal to one figurehead king. Along with his necromancer friend Roger Bacon, who has been on a quest to find a mysterious book, Prospero must flee his home to escape ominous pursuers. Thus begins an adventure that will lead him to a grove where his old rival, Melichus, is falsely rumored to be buried and to a less-than-hospitable inn in the town of Five Dials--and ultimately into a dangerous battle with origins in a magical glass paperweight. <p/> Lin Carter called <i>The Face in the Frost</i> one of "the best fantasy novels to appear since <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> . . . Absolutely first class." With a unique blend of humor and darkness, it remains one of the most beloved tales by the Edgar Award-nominated author also known for the long-running Lewis Barnavelt series.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>John Bellairs is beloved as a master of Gothic young adult novels and fantasies. His series about the adventures of Lewis Barnavelt and his uncle Jonathan, which includes <i>The House with a Clock in Its Walls</i>, is a classic. He also wrote a series of novels featuring the character Johnny Dixon. Among the titles in that series are <i>The Curse of the Blue Figurine</i>; <i>The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt</i>; and <i>The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull</i>. His stand-alone novel <i>The Face in the Frost</i> is also regarded as a fantasy classic, and among his earlier works are <i>St. Fidgeta and Other Parodies</i> and <i>The Pedant and the Shuffly</i>. <p/> Bellairs was a prolific writer, publishing more than a dozen novels before his untimely death in 1991.
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