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This River Awakens

This River Awakens

by StevenErikson (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $5.99
Synopsis

A time to escape Twelve-year-old Owen Brand and his family move to Middlecross, a riverside town in rural Canada, hoping to leave poverty and unhappiness behind. A time for innocence Owen meets three local boys, and they soon form an inseparable band. Over the summer holidays they create their own world, a place apart from the adults who watch over them. Owen also grows close to Jennifer, a fascinating but deeply troubled girl. And a time to grow up Then the gang stumble across a body in the river - a discovery with unimaginable consequences for them and the town, from which there is no going back.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 528
 Edition: 0
 Publisher: Bantam
Published: 03 Jan 2013
ISBN 10: 085750066X
ISBN 13: 9780857500663
Book Overview: Republished in a revised paperback edition, the first-ever novel by Steven Erikson, the acclaimed author of the million-selling Malazan Book of the Fallen series.

Media Reviews
Wonderfully and intimately evoked...a writer of real imaginative force and breadth. -- Paul Binding * THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *
Startlingly real...it is remarkable for a first novel. -- Margaret Forster
An excellent novel...a terrific new talent. * GLOBE AND MAIL *
Author Bio
Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson's debut fantasy novel, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced fantasy readers to his epic 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence, which has been hailed 'a masterwork of the imagination'. This River Awakens was his first novel, and originally published under the name Steve Lundin. Having lived in Cornwall for a number of years, he and his family recently returned to Canada. To find out more, visit www.malazanempire.com and www.stevenerikson.com