Sara Douglass was born in Penola, a small farming settlement in the
south of Australia, in 1957. She spent her early years chasing (and
being chased by) sheep and collecting snakes before her parents
transported her to the city of Adelaideand the more genteel
surroundings of Methodist Ladies College. Having graduated, Sara
then became a nurse on her parents' urging (it was both feminine
and genteel) and spent seventeen years planning and then effecting
her escape.
That escape came in the form of a Ph.D. in early modern English
history. Sara and nursing finally parted company after a lengthy
time of bare tolerance, and she took up a position as senior
lecturer in medieval European history at the Bendigo campus of the
Victorian University of La Trobe. Finding the departmental politics
of academic life as intolerable as the emotional rigours of
nursing, Sara needed to find another escape.
This took the form of one of Sara's childhood loves - books and
writing. Spending some years practising writing novels,
HarperCollins Australia picked up one of Sara's novels, "BattleAxe"
(published in North America as "The Wayfarer Redemption"), the
first in the Tencendor series, and chose it as the lead book in
their new fantasy line with immediate success. Since 1995 Sara has
become Australia's leading fantasy author and one of its top
novelists. Her books are now sold around the world.
"Fantasy rich in detail, action and romance... For all its
complexity, this absorbing narrative flows with ease to a highly
satisfactory conclusion."--"Publishers Weekly""" "Douglass brings
many original touches to the telling, effectively using vivid
imagery to flesh out her exotic setting: a strong romantic plot in
an unusual fantasy setting."--"Kirkus Reviews""" "Full of original
touches, this is very good storytelling."--"Booklist" "Douglass has
proven herself a fine storyteller, and here she does it
again."--"Library Journal"
"Sara Douglass is a powerful voice in high fantasy that readers can
equate to the likes of Robert Jordan, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and
Anne McCaffrey."
Australian author Douglass (The Wayfarer Redemption) offers a stand-alone fantasy rich in detail, action and romance. In Ashdod, "the land of the One," where a mathematics-based religion holds sway, the glassworker slave Tirzah, an "elemental," can hear glass speak. Set to work at Threshold, a pyramid being built by the Magi of Ashdod as a bridge to Infinity, Tirzah must hide her elemental status or risk death. Meanwhile, a malevolent shadow power, Nzame, is lurking in Infinity, waiting to use Threshold to break through into Ashdod. Only Tirzah, with her uncanny magical ability, hears the glass in the pyramid screaming a warning. For all its complexity, this absorbing narrative flows with ease to a highly satisfactory conclusion. (Sept. 22) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
"Fantasy rich in detail, action and romance... For all its
complexity, this absorbing narrative flows with ease to a highly
satisfactory conclusion."--"Publishers Weekly""" "Douglass brings
many original touches to the telling, effectively using vivid
imagery to flesh out her exotic setting: a strong romantic plot in
an unusual fantasy setting."--"Kirkus Reviews""" "Full of original
touches, this is very good storytelling."--"Booklist" "Douglass has
proven herself a fine storyteller, and here she does it
again."--"Library Journal"
"Sara Douglass is a powerful voice in high fantasy that readers can
equate to the likes of Robert Jordan, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and
Anne McCaffrey."
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