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Envoy of the Black Pine

Envoy of the Black Pine

by Clio Gray (Author)

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    Hardcover 2008

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

It is April 1807, and a storm gathers over theAtlantic. It sweeps across the lower half ofEngland, bringing snow and thaw and flood, and on to the North Sea, the Baltic andRussia, leaving devastation in its wake. In the drownedvalley ofLittle Slaughter, a miniature library has been lost, and Whilbert Stroop, missing-persons finder, has been asked to locate it. His search will lead him, and the small family he's adopted as his own, on to the east, where the island archipelago of Saareema has been beset by animal mutilation, piracy, and murder. Stroop must unravel the increasingly tangled strands of past and present, where people expelled long ago are coming home. He will discover a secret world of tree-chapels, ancestral boulders, and the ancient art of ink -- and with it, a more sinister scenario of intrigue, insurrection and death.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 352
 Publisher: Headline
Published: 07 Aug 2008
ISBN 10: 0755343530
ISBN 13: 9780755343539

Media Reviews
'Just as bloody as The Da Vinci Code ... however, much better written' -- Scotsman 'Clio Gray is a master of atmosphere and sensuousness. She combines historical realism with the bizarre, whimsy with the macabre. Reading her is like being at a sumptuous feast in a palace, just before it is stormed' -- Alan Bissett
Author Bio
Clio Gray was born in Yorkshire, brought up in Devon and now lives in Scotland where she works in her local library, as she has done for many years. She has won prizes for many of her short stories, including the prestigious 2006 Scotsman & Orange Short Story Award for 'I Should Have Listened Harder', which can be downloaded from the Scotsman website. Her first novel, Guardians of the Key, was the winning recipient of the Harry Bowling Prize.