The Barbed Coil
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| Author | J.V. Jones |
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| Cover artist | Daniel R. Horne, Don Puckey |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Published | 1997 (Warner Books) |
| Media type | Hardcover, paperback, Kindle, cassette |
| Pages | 704 Paperback |
| ISBN | 0-446-60623-5 |
The Barbed Coil is a fantasy novel by J. V. Jones, published in 1997. It is a portal fantasy.[1] Publishers Weekly described it as a "predictable hybrid of fantasy adventure and romance".[2]
Plot
[edit]The novel is set mostly in the Kingdom of Rhaize where the coming together of three individuals, Tessa McCamfrey, Ravis of Burano and Camron of Thorn, is about to unleash a series of events that culminate in the fight to save the kingdom from the armies of Garizon.
Tessa has suddenly been thrust from her life of telesales in present-day Earth into a world filled with danger where she meets Lord Ravis, who is himself delayed in a city which has been "marked for the kill". Camron of Thorn is a man seeking revenge for his father's murder and demands that Lord Ravis help him to achieve it.
References
[edit]- ^ Stroud, Allan (2023). Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature. Scarecrow Press. p. 250. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "The Barbed Coil". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
External sources
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