Jack the Giant Killer by Charles de Lint

This volume is a good place to start if you're unfamiliar with de Lint's writing, and just as pleasurable to return to after a few years' absence.ĭe Lint keeps the pace going full tilt, involving the reader immediately. Winner, YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association)ĭe Lint has a deceptively casual writing style, but his ability to pull in the reader's sympathy and suspension of disbelief is entirely artful. Winner, Canadian SF/Fantasy Award (Aurora) for Best Work in English

This Triskell Press e-book contains a new Afterword by the author. Cleverly mingling folklore, fairy tale and modern life, the novel points to a fine connection between what is seen and what is not, and the importance of belief, compassion, and loyalty. Jacky's daring and quick wit make for an exciting story that is impossible to put down. Luck, magic, and love bring to life a perilous, rollicking adventure involving Jacky, her best friend Kate, nefarious giants, nasty bogans, a trickster, a whimsical wizard, a small hob, and the last of the Swan Princes. The cap shows Jacky an unimaginable side of Ottawa and sets her on an impossible quest to save the good fairies from their evil counterparts. She's startled out of her reverie by a faceless gang of bikers attacking a small man whose body disappears, leaving behind only a red cap. In a fit of angst she chops off her long blond hair then goes out to wander the streets of Ottawa. When Jacky's boyfriend walks out, her life changes more than she could ever imagine. This author of more than seventy adult, young adult, and children’s books has won the World Fantasy, Aurora, Sunburst, and White Brand: Charles de Lint.De Lint at his best.

Charles de Lint is a full-time writer and musician who makes his home in Ottawa, Canada.

NOOK Book (eBook) Sign in to Purchase Instantly. The world is lots of fun – s90s Ottowa exists side by side with the realm of the fae taken more or less straight from European and Celtic folklore, with some fun modern twists5. This book is a combination of two of de Lint's Jack novels – Jack the Giant Killer and Drink Down the Moon. Behind the familiar facade of her city lies the world of Faerie, and the Unseelie court and the Wild Hunt are out to stop Jacky before she realizes that she is the key to the war brewing in Faerie. In Charles De Lint's novel Jack, the Giant-Killer, we meet an ordinary girl named Jacky Rowan who has been marked for destruction in a world that she doesn't even know exists. > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK <<<< _Jack the Giant Killer by Charles de Lint Ebook Epub PDF ofz