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The Summer Country

James A. Hetley

First published October 2002
Type Novel
Series The Summer Country #1

<b>From the back cover of the Ace first edition:</b> ""<i>They have slaves in the Summer Country. Camelot is dead. Arthur is dead. Law is dead. Power rules.</i>" <p>For twenty-eight years, Maureen Pierce led a fairly ordinary life, maybe a slightly tough one for a woman her age, growing up on the wrong side of the poverty line in Naskeag Falls, Maine. But she did all right. <p>Then she met Brian Albion, and everything changed. If she can believe him - and Maureen has had some hard lessons in why you don't believe men - she carries a blood legacy that goes back to the old country. Only this is the <i>really</i> old country, the land of Mordred and Merlin, where deadly battles are still fought with magic, and a woman who carries the blood of the Old Ones is a prize to be desired - or a threat to be destroyed..."

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2003 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 2002 Cover The Summer Country Ace Books Novel
November 2002 Cover The Summer Country Ace Books / SFBC Novel
November 2004 Cover The Summer Country Ace Books Novel
November 2004 Cover Le royaume de l'été Mnémos Novel
March 2008 Cover Le royaume de l'été Gallimard Novel
July 2012 Cover The Summer Country TKA Distribution Novel