The Shining Isle: An Urban Fantasy

by Lore de Angeles and Ly de Angeles

Among us walk a race older than time-called the Travelers, Tuatha dZ Dannan, the Sidhe, the Fair Folk, and the F'dh, they are the magical beings who remember when forests covered much of the earth and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738708348
• ISBN13: 9780738708348
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

I read half this book in one day. Couldn't put it down.

I received this book as a gift last year. While the first bite of the book is full of colorful, but dry drama, things begin to link in unexpected ways as the magic of Inishrun spins its web of fate, determination, sorrow, and playfulness. The depiction of the great Mystery is modern, yet chillingly appropriate, and you're able to delve into each character's thoughts. I really can't speak any higher praise of this book - it's been a few years since I've picked up a book and finished it (I have a bedside table stacked with ones half-read), but this one stole my interest in ways I really cannot explain. An absolutely wonderful book for those who need a little bit of Celtic magic in their lives, while not feeling like they're reading a history book.

The Shining Isle

A Wonderful Urban Fantasy novel, set in Ireland. Lots of Old Gods, fae, witches set in a contempory setting. Definately a great read.

A Satisfying Surprise

I'd never heard of Ly de Angeles before getting this book, and I will confess straight up that I bought it in spite of, not in addition to the cover art, but because I believe the old adage, you can't tell a book by its' cover, I went ahead and purchased it. Now I am very glad that I did. I found this a most satisfying read, and with a nod to some of the comments by another reviewer, I agree it wasn't flawless, but it had enough heart and poetry in it to cause me to have to put extensions on two library books I have out, because once I started _The Shining Isle_ I could not put it down. Some stories are't just literary, they go into a level of a deeper sort of art, an older art that is primal, true, and nourishing to the soul. This book when I come to think of it, is rather like a fiction version of [[ASIN:1577312112 The Mist-Filled Path: Celtic Wisdom for Exiles, Wanderers, and Seekers]by Frank MacEowan. It touches on a comment I made in one of my journals when I was first reading Juliet Marillier [[ASIN:0765343436 Daughter of the Forest (The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Book 1)] and said, "To read her is like someone sitting close telling you a very old story -- you already know this story, it is as old as your ancestors, yet you cannot have enough of it. It fills you, it validates our long questing,done mostly with the compass of instinct, back to the hearth-home, the touchstone, the well of wisdom, the ring fort's magic, the dance that draws you ever on." de Angeles book was that and more, since it drew past and present together, a reminder that all of us on the path have to cherish and save all we can of the beauty and the magic of the world for it is us.