Ysabel

by Guy Gavriel Kay (signed)
Cover by Larry Rostant

Roc Books First US Edition

Description: Hardback book published by Roc Books / New American Library / Penguin in 2007. The copyright page states 'First Roc Printing, February 2007' and the printing status bar is complete, making this a first printing. Originally published by Viking Canada, in January of 2007, this is the first US edition, it precedes the UK edition which didn't come out until March. Signed by the author on the title page without inscription or personalization. This novel won the 2008 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Updated September 15, 2023 with photos and condition description for the remaining two copies available for sale.

Synopsis: In today's world, the Saint-Sauveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence is an ancient structure. Complex and full of secrets, it is a perfect monument for a celebrated photographer to shoot, and for his teenaged son, Ned Marriner, to wander through while his father works.

But the roads of Provence were once walked by Celtic tribes and Roman legions and have seen centuries of warfare. The past is very much alive in Provence, and on one holy, haunted night of the year, when the borders between the living and the dead are down and fires are lit upon the hills, Ned finds himself drawn into a very old story playing itself out in the modern world—a story in which dangerous, mythic figures of long ago erupt into the present, claiming and altering lives.

The first contemporary novel from Guy Gavriel Kay, Ysabel is a tour de force, a haunted tale set in a sublime and ancient part of the world.

Condition: Copy 2: Binding - near fine, top and bottom of spine slightly bumped, page edges very slightly soiled, otherwise like new. Dust Jacket - fine, slight edgewear and rubbing, otherwise like new, not price clipped, in dust jacket protector. Copy 3: Binding - very good, top and bottom of spine bumped, slight bumping of the front board edge by the top corner, slight edgewear, a few page edges bumped with one side page edge creased with a short tear, page edges slightly soiled. Dust Jacket - near fine, minor edgewear and wrinkling, slight rubbing, not price clipped, in dust jacket protector.

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