A WALK OUT OF THE WORLD

by Ruth Nichols ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 19, 1969

Go softly, breathlessly, into ""a crystalline stillness forever between two instants of time."" Passing from the raw, rectilinear city into the rich tapestry of another realm are Judith and her older brother Tobit, knowing not how or why. But Judith, who has the silver eyes of long-lived Lady Iorwen, is sure that she is meant to rout the usurper Hagerrak and regain the kingdom for Iorwen and her great-great-grandson Brand. And so Judith and Tobit and Brand's brother Thorn start for the High Castle, embarking on a journey that finds them now menaced by Hagerrak's creatures, no hurled back into the alien world of home, now and again rescued by Brand's allies the Water Folk, the dwarfs and the people of the Winter Forest. Under the Winter Forest is a warren of snug circular cells, in the dwarfs' mountains are shimmering, brilliantly lit chambers: it is a journey of discovery not just of peril. The greatest discovery comes at the close: Thorn, who best gauges the stirring that presages change, understands suddenly that the crux is not Hagerrak's misdeeds but his self-deception. There is no terminus; the book enfolds the reader like a gossamer shroud.

Pub Date: March 19, 1969

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1969

Categories: FICTION