Steel Rose

by Kara Dalkey

Attempting to hone her style, a performance artist inadvertently calls upon the assistance of two gnomelike creatures. At first their advice is invaluable, but the situation quickly turns dangerous as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451456394
• ISBN13: 9780451456397
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Roc
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A magical story of triumph

This book starts in a light hearted ritual to summon a spirit. Constructed on a whim from our heroine of the book, she is much surprised when it actually works and she ends up with two new friends who lead her into all sorts of situations and new friends.This beat-of-the-city fantacy is intense, involving an array of beings from the spectrum of spiritual creatures. The powers of light and dark are head to head in a battle which could destroy, or forever change the city. And this quirky performance artist holds the key to ending it.

I loved this book-very origional

This book has a highly origional senario and plot, it is written very well, and aside from the magic and immortals involved, it is very REALISTIC! Also, in this book, there are no 'good guys' and no 'bad guys' there are just 2 different kinds of immortals that are at war with eachother at the cost of human existance (no, I'm not giving anything away, this is a variation of the blyrb). I couldn't put this book down, it was a real treat.

Fantastic Fantasy

This is a contemporary fantasy at its best. With STEEL ROSE, Kara Dalkey has provided one of the most entertaining novels I've read this summer. This is a superbly crafted story that entertwines aspects of fantasy with popular folklore. When young perfromance artist T.J. Kaminski enlists the help of two "tommyknockers" to make her perfomrnaces reach people more deeply, she becomes the target of a group of elves who don't appreciate her "magical assistance." Don't overlook this book done in first person perspective. It hooks you on the first page and never lets you go. Casey Thomaston