–Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Secret Chord
–Karen Joy Fowler, author of the Man Booker Prize shortlisted We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
TODAY WE CALL IT MYTH AND LEGEND – BUT ONCE, THE STORIES WERE TRUE
An epic novel of magic and mysticism, Celts and faeries, mad kings and druids, and the goddess struggling to reign over magic’s last outpost on the Earth.
CREATURES FROM MYTH, LEGEND AND FAERIE TALES
Only a few centuries ago, magic and magical beings were present in many parts of the world.
THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF MAGIC
Where does magic come from and how does it work?
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN HISTORY AND MYTH CAN BE ELUSIVE
Most of the characters and events in The Last Days of Magic have a historical or mythological basis.
PARALLEL LANDS DURING THE AGE OF MAGIC
Ireland was a beacon of magic for the Medieval world
Mark Tompkins founded the Aspen Writers Network and he serves on the board of Aspen Words, a program of the Aspen Institute