Wit'ch Fire: Book One of the Banned and the Banished -- James Clemens, Mass Market Paperbound

"I loved every page of this book. Clemens has constructed a world of magic that's never been seen before, with a cast of beings who are so engaging and entrancing that you never want the story to end."--John Saul

On a fateful night five centuries ago, three mages made a desperate last stand, sacrificing everything to preserve the only hope of goodness in the beautiful, doomed land of Alasea. Now, on the anniversary of that ominous night, a girl-child ripens into the heritage of lost power. But before she can even comprehend her terrible new gift, the Dark Lord dispatches his winged monsters to capture her and bring him the embryonic magic she embodies.

Fleeing the minions of darkness, Elena is swept toward certain doom--and into the company of unexpected allies. There she forms a band of the hunted and the cursed, the outcasts and the outlaws, to battle the unstoppable forces of evil and rescue a once-glorious empire . . .

Praise for Wit'ch Fire

"Wit'ch Fire grabs at your heart and tears a little hole, then tears another, and another--a brutal and beautiful ride. I can't put the book down "--R. A. Salvatore

"Full of violence, magical pyrotechnics, and black-heared villains."--Publishers Weekly

Author: James Clemens
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Published: 03/01/1999
Pages: 450
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 7.02h x 4.54w x 1.22d
ISBN: 9780345417060

About the Author
James Clemens was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1961. With his three brothers and three sisters, he was raised in the Midwest and rural Canada. He attended the University of Missouri and graduated with a doctorate in veterinary medicine in 1985. The lure of ocean, sun, and new horizons eventually drew him to the West Coast, where he established his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California. Wit'ch Fire is his first novel.