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Bordertown

Borderland seriesbook 2 of 8Next:Life on the Border(1991) →

On the border between the World and Elfland sits Bordertown, a place of half-lit neighborhoods of hidden magic, of flamboyant artists and pagan motorcycle gangs. Bordertown is a hothouse laboratory for the return of magic to the life of the World—and the return of life to magic. It's an attitude and a state of mind. It's where magic meets rock & roll.

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NOTE; all the "Bellamy Bach" stories in the Borderland series were written by the editor/Borderland founder, Terri Windling.

Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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