The Autumn Castle by Kim Wilkins
Resources for... Booksellers | Reading Groups | Teachers | Media
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
   
About The Book E-mail this pagePrint this page

The Autumn Castle


Price: $22.95
On Sale: 30/06/2004
Formats:     B Format Paperback

Book Description

From the dazzling and award-winning author of Angel of Ruin, The Resurrectionists and The Infernal.

Christine Starlight has never forgotten the best friend of her childhood, the strange, red-haired Mayfridh. Abducted by the barren king and queen of a Germanic faeryland, Mayfridh has since grown up and succeeded to the throne of the Autumn Castle, lonely and reliant on the counsel of the wolf Eisengrimm.

And then, for a short time, the human and faery worlds are in conjunction. When Mayfridh decides to come looking for her childhood friend, she finds Christine′s partner, Jude, first and falls instantly and madly in love with him. With the help of the witch Hexebart, she learns Jude′s dread secret. And Christine, the victim of a childhood accident and a lifetime of chronic pain, becomes a visitor to Mayfridh′s faery world - with unpredictable consequences.

But it isn′t merely jealousy and secrets that could tear them all apart. Watching over them is the cruel but brilliant billionaire Immanuel Z., who is gathering faery bones for a grand sculpture ...


Author Extras
Reading Guides:

Critical Praise for The Autumn Castle

... a fascinating adventure.′

-- Publishers Weekly

e seduced by this fantasy′

-- The Sydney Morning Herald

ISBN: 9780732278380; ISBN10: 0732278384; Imprint: ; On Sale: 30/06/2004; Format: Paperback; Trimsize: 207 x 152 x 32 mm; Pages: 496; $22.95;

Books by Kim Wilkins
Rosa And The Veil Of Gold Rosa And The Veil Of Gold
Beyond this world, behind the veil of history, lies the kingdom of the Rus ... When an ancient golden bear is found walled up in a dilapidated St Petersburg bathhouse, researcher Daniel St Clare and his frosty colleague Em Hayward set out for Arkhangelsk to verify its age. But in the...
Giants Of The Frost Giants Of The Frost
A modern woman, an ancient love an unputdownable story of the price of destiny. Lindsay has chosen career over love, but starts to question this decision when she finds herself working at a remote weather research station on a tiny island off the coast of Norway. In this world of midnight...






Help & FAQs | Contact Us | Company Profile | Privacy Policy | Careers | Site Map
Related Sites | Getting Published | Permissions & Rights
Copyright © 2010 HarperCollins Publishers Australia. Using information from this site | Terms of Use