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EDITORIAL REVIEW: A mage's power has brought five university students from our world into a realm where an ancient evil has freed itself from captivity to wreak revenge on its enemies.Praise for *The Fionavar Tapestry*:One of the very best fantasies to have appeared since Tolkien. (Andre Norton)Kay's intricate Celtic background will please fantasy buffs. (*Publishers Weekly*)Immense scale, literary richness and dazzling heroes. (*Toronto Star*)This is the only fantasy work I know which does not suffer by comparison to The Lord of the Rings. (*Interzone*)A grand galloping narrative...reverberates with centuries of mythic and incantory implications. (*Christian Science Monitor*)The essence of high fantasy...a remarkable achievement. (*Locus*)*The Fionavar Tapestry* is a work that will be read for many years to come. (Charles de Lint)