Silverlock

by Myers, John Myers

• ISBN13: 9780486834115
• ISBN10: 0486834115
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-08-14
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

"The stuff of wonder." — Poul Anderson. An unlikely hero washes ashore on an island rich in the legends that populate literary history. The result is an adventure novel unlike any other, involving encounters with Robin Hood, Don Quixote, Beowulf, and the Green Knight, among other fictional luminaries. Larry Niven praised this unique fantasy world as "lifelike, but bigger than life ... and I went through it like a tourist in Paradise."

Author Biography

American author John Myers Myers (1906–88) wrote several adventure novels, including The Harp and the Blade and Out on Any Limb, as well as historic works such as The Alamo and Bravos of the West. Shortly after World War II, he settled in Tempe, Arizona, where he worked for a local paper and later taught at Arizona State University. Silverlock is his most famous work.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
WAY I
Sea Roads, the Forest, and a Rendezvous
  1 The Right Waters
  2 The Animal Fancier
  3 A Map of the Commonwealth
  4 Driving for the Mainland
  5 A Day and a Night
  6 Random Faring
  7 Under the Leaves
  8 Two Big Cats
  9 A Guide and No Guides
10 At Heorot

WAY II
Highways, a City, the River, and Beyond It
11 The Undertaking
12 Down Watling Street
13 Shenanigans at Upton
14 Hot Water for Lucius
15 A Change of Route
16 A New Problem
17 Jones Meets Admirers
18 Travel de Luxe
19 Big and Green
20 Meetings at Miles Cross
21 Avarta's Nag
22 Activities at the Chapel

WAY III
Down and Out To An Ending
23 Lorel's Passenger List
24 Men and Horses
25 A Guide of Sorts
26 Into the Pit
27 Going Down
28 At the Bottom
29 A Brace of Courts
30 Good Company and Hippocrene