The Barbed Coil – J V Jones (1st ed) (signed)

S$72.00

The Barbed Coil – J V Jones (1st ed) (signed)

S$72.00

Title: The Barbed Coil

Author: J. V. Jones

Publisher: Warner Books, 1997. First edition.

Condition: Hardcover, with dust jacket. Very good, very slight foxing. Signed by the author. A thick book.

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About the book (from Goodreads):

Tessa McCamfrey, young and rootless resident of Southern California, has never found much in life that interests her. All of that changes when she stumbles upon a ring that transports her to a distant time and place. There she discovers her unexpected talent: She can create luminous, magical illustrations that have the power to influence others’ lives. She becomes involved in the fate of kingdoms when her power is brought to bear against an evil king whose mind has been taken over by a golden crown called the Barbed Coil. As in The Book of Words trilogy, J. V. (Julie) Jones imbues every one of her characters with personality, from the dashing mercenary Ravis, who becomes Tessa’s protector in this strange new world, to the sailors, innkeepers, soldiers, and others who populate her lush, involving story.

About the author (from Wikipedia):

Julie Victoria Jones (born 1963) is a British author of fantasy.

She was born 1963 in Liverpool, England, as the daughter of a pub owner. In her youth she worked as a bar tender and for a record label in Liverpool. She lives in San Diego, California, where she initially ran an export business and later occupied a position as marketing director.The current publishers of J. V. Jones are Tor books in the US and Orbit Books in the UK.

The manuscript that was to become the first novel in the Book of Words trilogy was submitted as Immortal Longings to Warner Books in 1993. In a joint essay, The Road to a First Novel, J. V. Jones and Betsy Mitchell describe the editing process that followed the arrival of the manuscript in the publisher’s slush pile. The novel was published in 1995 as The Baker’s Boy. The Book of Words trilogy was completed in 1997 and followed by a standalone novel, The Barbed Coil, in the same year. Her Sword of Shadows series was launched in 1999 and is to contain five books.