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THE VEIL OF GOLD
Kim Wilkins
FANTASY
Tor Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-2006-3
$25.95
$28.95 Canadian
6 1 /8" x 9 1 /4" / 448 pages
ISBN-10: 0-7653-2006-1
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The Veil of Gold
KIM WILKINS
A startling new fantasy novel from one of Australia’s
bestselling fantasy talents: “Aficionados of dark
urban fantasy will find this a fast-paced treat.”
(Jacqueline Carey on The Autumn Castle)
When an ancient gold bear is found walled up in a dilapidated
St. Petersburg bathhouse, researcher Daniel St. Clair and
his frosty colleague Em Hayward set out for the university in
Arkhangelsk to verify its age. Along the way they are mysteriously
set adrift. Maps are suddenly useless. Lost and exhausted, they
turn north, sinking even deeper into the secrets and terrors of
the Russian landscape.
Daniel’s lost love, the wild and beautiful Rosa Kovalenka, fears
the worst when Daniel goes missing and resolves to find him.
To do so will mean confronting her past and secrets that she has
fought to suppress. The only way to save him is to go forward,
where she encounters the haunted Chenchikov clan, a family
with their own shadowy tangle of grief, desire, and treachery.
In the unknowable, impenetrable Russian forest, Rosa meets an
enigmatic wanderer who is full of tales and riddles of times past.
Who might hold the key to Rosa and Daniel’s future—or the
destruction of their world.
Praise for The Autumn Castle:
“A fascinating adventure on a high note.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“An eerie, dark fantasy of friendship, art, pain, and magic.” —LOCUS
“An intense, disturbing saga of betrayal, revenge, and sacrifice…
four stars.” —ROMANTIC TIMES BOOKREVIEWS
“An enthralling read that, when I was done, left me wanting to
immediately track down anything else I could find by her.”
—CHARLES DE LINT
KIM WILKINS is an Australian bestseller who has won an Aurealis Award
for both Best Horror Novel and Best Novel. She resides in Brisbane with
her husband, son, assorted cats, and far too many books.
JULY 2008
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