FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Brian Hades
Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Box 1714
Calgary, AB, T2P 2L7, Canada
403-254-0160
manager@edgewebsite.com
http://www.edgewebsite.com
Can a fantasy novel be recognized as exceptional? You bettcha!!
[Calgary, AB, April 23, 2001]
Marie Jakober's historical fantasy novel, THE BLACK CHALICE, has been
awarded 2nd place in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award (Science
Fiction and Fantasy category).
This award will be presented Saturday, June 2, on BookExpo America's Independence
Day, at a press conference where winning publishers and authors will be
recognized.
Dave Duncan (reviewing The Black Chalice) said, "This one really has it
all! You like scholarship? Jakober wields pagan myth as surely as Tolkien
ever did, and (she) cites Christian beliefs in a way even C. S. Lewis
would never dare (although to very different ends). She knows history
but adapts it to serve her purposes, just as Guy Kay does. There's plenty
of action for repressed adolescents like magic, jousting, tender romance
and gruesome brutality. She creates superbly subtle characters, men and
women both. Best of all is her evocation of the atmosphere of Dark Age
Northern Europe dynasty, brutish, and haunted."
THE BLACK CHALICE is Marie Jakober's fifth novel and the first title to
be published by the new EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing Company.
For more information on THE BLACK CHALICE, or to schedule an interview
with Marie Jakober, please contact Brian Hades. ###
Additional Resource materials are available as follows:
Biography of Marie Jakober: http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/blackchalice/bio-jakober.html
Downloads (photo of author, book cover; etc.): http://www.edgewebsite.com/media.html
ForeWord Magazine: http://www.forewordmagazine.com
Dave Duncan's review: http://www.edu.uleth.ca/~runte/ncfguide/Chalice.htm
EDGE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY web site: http://www.edgewebsite.com/index.html#blackchalice
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