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"According to the ancient pagan calendar of Europe, the Nameless Day is the one day of the year when the veil is thinnest between our world and the world of the spirits. In the Year of Our Lord 1377, the Black Plague is sweeping the continent, and Brother Thomas Neville has started seeing demons - or are they angels?" "They tell him that the world is in more danger than ever before. Not only are the worlds touching, but minions of the Devil have crossed over and scattered throughout Europe, assuming human form. Their goal is to crash the very
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"According to the ancient pagan calendar of Europe, the Nameless Day is the one day of the year when the veil is thinnest between our world and the world of the spirits. In the Year of Our Lord 1377, the Black Plague is sweeping the continent, and Brother Thomas Neville has started seeing demons - or are they angels?" "They tell him that the world is in more danger than ever before. Not only are the worlds touching, but minions of the Devil have crossed over and scattered throughout Europe, assuming human form. Their goal is to crash the very gates of Heaven." "It is Neville's task to seek out these demons and thwart their plan. He has made his way back across Europe to his home in England to seek the ancient book of knowledge that holds the secrets to defeat the demons. On his journey he has been forced to abandon his vows to the Church to further his cause, and has returned to his secular roots as a young nobleman." "In doing so, his life is caught up with his childhood friend Henry Bolingbroke, the fair young Prince Hal, newly crowned Richard II, who Neville suspects is in league with the Devil, and also with fair young Margaret, the enigmatic woman whom he takes to wife - not out of love, but as a means to discover if she is one of those who would destroy mankind." "It is Neville's task to discover the secrets of Heaven, but in doing so, what he discovers is that he can trust no one." Least of all himself.
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Publishers Weekly
In Australian author Douglass's engrossing second volume in her historical fantasy trilogy (after 2004's The Nameless Day), simmering conflict between the lower classes and the gentry bursts into open revolt and sweeps across 14th-century Europe. At the center of the clash is Thomas Neville, former Dominican priest and chosen favorite of the Archangel Michael, who has ordered Thomas to locate Wynkyn de Worde's casket and use the contents to help defeat the hordes from hell that have invaded the world. Thomas has set aside his calling to the Holy Church to better search for the casket, becoming companion to Prince Henry of Bolingbroke and enemy of Richard II of England, both big players in the unfolding drama. Douglass seamlessly fuses the period's class struggle for freedom against tyranny with a disturbingly vivid look at the ambiguous battle between good and evil. Those who know their medieval history may carp that she takes too many liberties with such figures as John of Gaunt and Joan of Arc, but all will applaud the way she avoids the dull middle-book syndrome that commonly afflicts such series. Agent, James Frenkel. (Jan. 1) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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This second entry in the Crucible trilogy begins right around where the first book, Nameless Day (Tor, 2004/VOYA December 2004), leaves off. Thomas de Neville has discarded his vows and is now married to Margaret, but he still refuses to love her and still seeks the mysterious casket of Wynken de Worde. Meanwhile royal intrigue is the order of the day. Richard II is scheming for a way to claim the throne of France, a young woman named Joan is rallying the French against the English, and Wat Tyler and preacher John Wycliffe are encouraging the peasants to rebel against their servitude. Hal Bolingbroke sets his eyes on the throne, daring to risk treason to achieve his goal. This sequel is better written, with a tighter plot and more depth in the characterizations, although Thomas still spends the first chunk stubbornly and single-mindedly incapable of introducing a new concept into his head. Margaret is much more sure of herself, and a new character, Bolingbroke's bride Mary Bohun, is revealed to be a complexity of spirit, humility, and resilience. Overall there is little that distinguishes the narrative above others, and although Douglass contends that placing a fictional character among the historical characters makes her novel a work of alternate history, the narrative lacks the decisive "What if?" of alternate history. Purchase for larger libraries or where there is a demand. VOYA CODES: 3Q 4P S A/YA (Readable without serious defects; Broad general YA appeal; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12; Adult-marketed book recommended for Young Adults). 2005, Tor, 496p., Ages 15 to Adult.
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"Her best book yet...an intricately shaded tale from the black-and-white world of medieval religion."—Romantic Times Book Club on The Nameless Day, Book One of the Crucible Series

"With a keen eye for detail and the nuances of medieval Europe, Douglass begins a new multivolume fantasy set on alternate, 14th-century Earth. Filled with the intricate weave of religious and political history that made up an era when church and state were not yet divided, this powerfully written tale belongs in every fantasy collection and has strong appeal for fans of historical fiction."—Library Journal on The Nameless Day, Book One of the Crucible Series

"This is an extraordinary novel...meticulously researched for an authentic 14th century atmosphere, not just in terms of aesthetic details, but in terms of the character's beliefs and philosophies of life."—SFX Magazine on The Nameless Day, Book One of the Crucible Series

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780765342836
  • Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
  • Publication date: 9/1/2005
  • Series: Crucible Series , #2
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 624
  • Product dimensions: 3.93 (w) x 6.75 (h) x 1.04 (d)

Meet the Author

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 Adelaide and 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, one of Sara's novels was published in Australia. BattleAxe (published in North America as The Wayfarer Redemption), the first in the Tencendor series, and found immediate success in Australia. Since 1995 Sara has become Australia's leading fantasy author and one of the country's top novelists. Her books are now sold around the world.

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  • Posted August 30, 2011

    Couldnt stop reading

    A must for the sci fi liver and history buff alike!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 22, 2008

    A definite must read......

    Sara Douglass - how does she do it? Like 'The Nameless Day', she again weaves the history/fiction/fantasy int a wonderful storyline - and trying to figure out the intent of all the characters is a page turner and whether good or evil - Douglass' writing keeps one so intrigued with that character you feel like you know the character personally. Like another reviewer wrote - I didn't want this book to end.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 12, 2005

    Didn;t want it to end

    This, in my opinion, is Sarah Douglass's best book yet. The first is good but in this Thomas goes through so much more emotionally and you have to feel a bit sorry for him. But the charactor that will be remembered is Catherine and how she took her own fate into her hands and doesn;t wait for Mary to die just to be with Bolingbroke. Philip is also so much sweeter and romantic. He becomes the good guy and Brolingbroke shows a side that just doesn;t seem like him. There are lots of changes, but they really are good changes you don;t expect and you learn to love.My favorite thing is how they portray Joan of Arc. If you believe she was miss inncocent sorry but this book total kills that image, which I love.

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  • Posted December 9, 2008

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    Outstanding

    Thomas Neville, once a priest in the Dominican order, is married to Margaret; they have a daughter he loves dearly, but he doesn¿t love his wife because the Angel Michael told him she was demon spawn like all daughters of Eve. Thomas¿ mission is to find Wynkyn de Worde¿s casket and use the book inside to send the demons back to hell. He doesn¿t know who to trust but believes King Richard II is a demon and that Duke Hal Bolingbroke, the next in line for the throne, should rule....................... Over time his feelings for his wife turn to love, an emotion that Jesus sanctified in a vision to him. The king and his lover Robbie Devere are bankrupting the country, turning the peasants against him. When the king exiles Bolingbroke without charging him with anything the nobles turn against their monarch as well. Just when it looks like Bolingbroke will achieve his dreams, Thomas learns the secret that he and his wife share that if revealed could cost them both Bolingbroke and Margaret their lives................................. Fans of Judith Tarr¿s historical fantasies will love THE WOUNDED HAWK, a brilliant epic novel that uses authentic historical facts in a supernatural context. This romantic fantasy answers many of the questions in THE NAMELESS DAY but there are still more yet to be answered in the next book THE CRIPPLED ANGEL. Although not a religious book, the author provides a unique take on angels, demons, Christ and God. The tortured hero is torn between his love for his wife and the veneration of an angel; he knows it is his destiny to choose mankind¿s path, a decision he fears but will make when the time comes. This superb tale will appeal to speculative fiction readers................. Harriet Klausner

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