by Tom Deitz
According to Mooney, the Cherokees believed in a race of spirit people called the Nunnehi, a word meaning something like “the immortals,” or “the people who live everywhere.” The Nunnehi lived in “townhouses” high in the mountains, or under water. They were fond of music and dancing, and usually helpful to humans—at least to the Indians, on whose side they fought as recently as the mid-nineteenth century. With the Nunnehi, I had both a link to the Sidhe of Irish mythology and to Tir-Nan-Og, the paradise to the west. The rest, as they say, is history.
TFD
Athens, Georgia
12 April 1986
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About Windmaster’s Bane
There are places on Earth
where magic worlds beckon . . .
where the other folk dwell
RIDDLE, RING, AND QUEST
In Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, tales are told of strange lights, of mysterious roads . . . of wondrous folk from enchanted realms. All these are hidden from mortal men and those who have the gift to look on them are both blessed and doomed. . . .
Young David Sullivan never dreamed that the myths of marvels and magic he loved were real. But in his blood was the gift of Second Sight. And near his family’s rural farm lay an invisible track between worlds . . . where he would soon become a pawn in the power game of the Windmaster, an evil usurper among those the Celts called the Sidhe. David’s only protection would be a riddle’s answer and an enchanted ring . . . as he began his odyssey of danger into things unknowing and unknown. . . .
“A SPECIAL MAGIC . . . A DELIGHT FROM START TO FINISH!”—Sharon Webb
“WINDMASTER’S BANE has heart, an easy humor, and the simple wisdom of compassion.”—Michael Bishop
TOM DEITZ grew up in Young Harris, Georgia, a small town not far from the fictitious Enotah County of WINDMASTER’S BANE, and has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Georgia. His major in medieval English literature led Mr. Deitz to the Society for Creative Anachronism, which in turn generated a particular interest in heraldry, historic costuming, castle architecture, British folk music, and all things Celtic. In WINDMASTER’S BANE, his first published novel, Tom Deitz began the story of David Sullivan and his friends, a tale he has continued in Fireshaper’s Doom, available from Avon Books, and hopes to pursue in several future volumes. Mr. Deitz is also a car nut and would like to build a small castle someday.
Copyright Notice
WINDMASTER’S BANE is an original publication of Avon Books. This work has never before appeared in book form. This work is a novel. Any similarity to actual persons or events is purely coincidental.
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Copyright © 1987 by Thomas Deitz
Cover illustration by Tim White
Published by arrangement with the author
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 86-90795
ISBN: 0-380-75029-5
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First Avon Books Printing: October 1986
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