Windmaster's Bane

by Tom Deitz

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380750295
• ISBN13: 9780380750290
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Fantasy, with a little bit of Southern flavor.

I bought this little paperback while I was attending the University of Georgia back in the late 1980s. The book immediately captivated me. It's a mixture of fantasy, with a little bit of southern flavor. The story is about the adventures of young David Sullivan and his friends, all high school students living in a rural area of the Georgia mountains. Not your typical rural teen ager, David's interests tend to focus on legends, myths, and magic. He spends a lot of his time trying to learn as much as he can about the mystical, while at the same time, doing the things that most boys his age do. The adventure begins when David accidentally makes contact with the Sidhe, a people with magical powers who live in some sort of parallel world. I met Mr. Tom Deitz back in 1987. He was working at the University of Georgia main library at the time. Mr. Deitz was kind enough to sign my copy of the book.

One of the most overlooked fantasy writers ever!

This is one of the best series ever written. His character development is one of his best writing traits. I really enjoy the way he weaves the characters and settings in this world into that of another. A great many readers will have denied themselves a very special world if they choose to pass up this author. I'm a very picky reader and he has never let me down. Check it out. You won't be sorry...

An under-appreciated gold mine of an author...

Tom Deitz's David Sullivan series, beginning with Windmaster's Bane is one of the best reads that I've had in quite some time. Not only do I personally enjoy his style, characterizations and story, but I teach them in my Talented and Gifted classes. Most of my students have gone on to buy all of the titles that are available. I wish that Deitz would receive the "kudos" that he deserves and would extend the incredible tapestry that exists in these volumes into a longer series.

Magical - portraying every fantasy fan's dream.

I loved this book! Like most fantasy fans, I like to daydream and what-if a good story. I couldn't find anything that I would change. This story is well written, creative, thought out, and imaginative. Tom Dietz deserves kudo's for this one!

A Diamond in the Rough

It's a good thing I met Tom Deitz at a book festival here in Nashville. Otherwise I would have never heard of the David Sullivan series. Windmaster's Bane begins this highly original series. Mixing elements of Irish, Celtic, and Indian mythology, Deitz tells the story of an ordinary young Georgia teen who, through a freak accident, is given "sight" into the realm of the Sidhe, faerie creatures who live in a world which lay parallel to our own. Soon enough, David is forced to enter the realm to save the life of his brother, who has been marked by a Sidhe assassin. If you are tired of endless Tolkien clones and are looking for an original tale of modern fantasy, read this book and the rest in the David Sullivan series