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On the Edge of Darkness

On the Edge of Darkness

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On the Edge of Darkness

by Barbara Erskine

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Collins, UK, 1998. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 486 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1998. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Abandoned by her twentieth century lover, she plots a terrible revenge on him and his family. Adam Craig is fourteen when, near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild Scottish Highlands, he meets Brid, whose exotic, gypsy-like dress and strange attitudes fascinate him. They become friends, then, in time, passionate lovers. Brid leads him, unsuspecting, into the sixth century, where training as a Druid priestess she has mastered their ancient mysteries and powerful magic. In her obsession with Adam she is seen as a traitor by her people and only escapes death by following Adam through time to Edinburgh, where he goes to study medicine. As the years pass he makes new friends, and finds new love, causing Brid to be consumed by a violent rage that knows no bounds. For fifty years, from Scotland to England to Wales, Brid will haunt Adam like an evil shadow. It is finally Adam's granddaughter, Beth, who helps discover the secret that will free them from the terror of Brid's curse. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0007755155. ISBN/EAN: 9780007755158. Inventory No: 14020197.. 9780007755158

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Stunning repackage of the story of a woman trapped in the wrong time. Abandoned by her twentieth century lover, she plots a terrible revenge on him and his family.Adam Craig is fourteen when, near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild Scottish Highlands, he meets Brid, whose exotic, gypsy-like dress and strange attitudes fascinate him. They become friends, then, in time, passionate lovers. Brid leads him, unsuspecting, into the sixth century, where training as a Druid priestess she has mastered their ancient mysteries and powerful magic. In her obsession with Adam she is seen as a traitor by her people and only escapes death by following Adam through time to Edinburgh, where he goes to study medicine. As the years pass he makes new friends, and finds new love, causing Brid to be consumed by a violent rage that knows no bounds. For fifty years, from Scotland to England to Wales, Brid will haunt Adam like an evil shadow. It is finally Adam's granddaughter, Beth, who helps discover the secret that will free them from the terror of Brid's curse.

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Bookseller
Manyhills Books AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
14020197
Title
On the Edge of Darkness
Author
Barbara Erskine
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Reprint
ISBN 10
0007755155
ISBN 13
9780007755158
Publisher
Collins
Place of Publication
UK
Date Published
1998
Keywords
BZDB5 Fiction; On the Edge of Darkness
Bookseller catalogs
Romance & Women's Fiction; Fiction;

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Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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