7 rows · · “Paula Volsky writes like no one else — charmingly, fancifully, hypnotically. The Grand ISBN The grand ellipse by Volsky, Paula. Publication date Publisher New York: Bantam Books Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate Bookplateleaf Boxid IA The Grand Ellipse book. Read 34 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Paula Volsky, author of The White Tribunal, returns with a specta /5(34).
The Grand Ellipse, Bantam Doubleday Dell SIDELIGHTS: Fantasy novelist Paula Volsky is the author of several books in the "Sorcerer" series, as well as other popular works in the genre. Volsky began writing fantasies in the s and has continued for more than two decades. "The Grand Ellipse" includes the element that is central to Volsky's writing, that of "magic" and of "ghosts" that pervade the normally perceived world, the powers of which can be controlled by only a few. The plot revolves around a race around the globe of this particular imaginary world - not entirely dissimilar to the concept behind Verne's. Paula Volsky, author of The White Tribunal, returns with a spectacular saga of adventure and intrigue, romance and rebellion — beginning with a wondrous discovery that could forever alter the fate of the free world. In the modern, civilized republic of Vonahr, the need for magic seems a thing of the past. But soon the Vonahrish will find that magic is their only hope — for an.
Volsky's new Victorian fantasy takes place in the same world as The White Tribunal () but otherwise is unconnected. In Low Hetz, Mad King Miltzin's lowborn sorcerer, Nevenskoi, has discovered a green-flamed entity composed of sentient fire. To the sorcerer, Masterfire represents a possibly decisive weapon against the brutal, oppressive, and dangerously expansionist Grewzian Imperium. But. The Grand Ellipse is a race in a grand ellipse around the world, and Luzelle is one of the contestants. She is impulsive, bright, determined, and unafraid of the limelight. The cast of supporting characters is fascinating, too. And, as usual, Volsky is not at all afraid to kill off supporting characters with virtually no warning. Synopsis. Paula Volsky, author of The White Tribunal, returns with a spectacular saga of adventure and intrigue, romance and rebellion — beginning with a wondrous discovery that could forever alter the fate of the free world. In the modern, civilized republic of Vonahr, the need for magic seems a thing of the past.
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