Two-time Aurora Award-winning author Guy Gavriel Kay has earned three nominations for the World Fantasy Award. In The Wandering Fire, college students Dave, Paul, Kim, Kevin, and Jennifer return to the magical land of Fionavar to battle the minions of Rakoth Maugrim. But this time, Jennifer is pregnant with a god's baby-one destined to "take the longest road" of any child ever born. "A passionate battle between good and evil . delights the spirit." -Star-Phoenix
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"In this continuation of Kay's Fionavar Tapestry, the five friends from Earth once again find themselves in Fionavar and their place in the Tapestry becomes clearer. This was a great continuation of the trilogy. Kay really sets up all the pieces for the final confrontation that I assume is coming in the third book. The roles of all the characters become more apparent and some additional legends come in to play, most notably Arthurian. I did enjoy the first book a little bit more because I felt that the characters complexity and growth was stronger in the first book. I am really looking forward to the final book in the trilogy."
— Cora (4 out of 5 stars)
" As good as the first (Summer Tree), pretty devastating in places, surprising. "
— Cendri, 2/16/2014" Couldn't finish. I finally succumbed at the "list of peoples from far off lands with inexplicable (and unmemorable) names." I'll give it another shot at some point, but just really left me cold. "
— Scott, 2/15/2014" Why bring King Arthur into it I have no idea. "
— Jonathan, 1/27/2014" Good story with many myth elements of the British Isles including Arthur. Author loves to kill off even the best of characters so you are well aware of the cost of war. "
— Joy, 1/25/2014" Way too much redundant point of view action. Also, every emotional moment must apparently be an uber-deep emotional moment. Still kinda fan-fictiony and the mythological and fantastical homages are too prominent, which make this seem a bit unoriginal. High Fantasy Amalgamated. "
— Adam, 1/23/2014" Yeah, y'know, pretty readable (I finished it and picked up the third book right away) but very clearly Tolkienesque in an inferior way as far as things like depth of world-building go. Not bad but not much more. And yeah, again, I have to call out the Arthur bit - why bring in that tired ol' piece of fantasy unless you do something quite different with it (as Gwyneth Jones did in Bold As Love)? "
— Jenni, 1/9/2014" Volume 2 in the epic Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. "
— Dan, 1/7/2014" See my review of The Summer Tree for my impression of The Fionavar Tapestry as a whole. In short, I consider this trilogy to be a masterwork. Anyone who has any appreciation for Tolkien-esque fiction owes it to themselves to read this series. "
— Sarah, 11/8/2013" I don't think I ever got more than 30 pages into this as a young teen, so pretty soon it won't be re-reading! "
— Stephanie, 9/26/2013" The second in my favorite series, this is the continuation of the most fantastic fantasy novel. Kay continues his brilliance with the turn of every page. His ability to blend so many different histories into his own story amazes me every time I read it. "
— Jilian, 9/16/2013" This is book number 2. "
— Josephine, 8/11/2013" first read: sometime in 2009. "
— Trish, 8/7/2013" The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry, Book 2) by Guy Gavriel Kay (2001) "
— Laura, 1/5/2013" meh. Some good parts, some bad. "
— Daniel, 11/2/2012" One of my favorite fantasy series. "
— Nathan, 10/29/2012" Fantastic book. Not really anything else I can add to that. "
— Six-Fingered, 2/7/2012" A good second book in a series, how is this possible? "
— Christabel, 8/6/2011" Not my favourite of the trilogy, and it makes me cry less than the other two, but still an excellent book. "
— Beth, 7/25/2011" The epic saga continues. . . <br/>Can't stop turning pages, hungrily reading on to find out what happens next. Someday I'll do dishes again, just not. right. now. Gotta read on! "
— Ravena, 4/12/2011" One of my favorite fantasy series by one of my favorite fantasy authors. "
— Ken, 4/11/2011" Keeps up the amazing series, just such a fantastic read. "
— Abigail, 2/3/2011" 2nd book from The Fionavar Tapestry. The novelty of the first book is already gone, but even so I quite liked this one... "
— Mady, 1/16/2011" Book 2 of the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy.<br/>Again, I've probably read this about 15 times.<br/>And I cry at the ending of winter, every single time.<br/>Kay's characters are so real, and you feel for them deeply. "
— Karin, 1/3/2011" La suite n'a rien à envier au tome 1: on est pris au piège de cette Tapisserie. Les rebondissements m'ont laissée sans voix parfois, et les relations entre personnages sont intenses. "
— La, 11/26/2010" Big fan of this series. AWesome writing style, character development, just kept me interested all around. Can't wait to get teh next one. "
— Julia, 10/26/2010" Volume 2 in the epic Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. "
— Dan, 9/23/2010Guy Gavriel Kay is the internationally bestselling author of numerous novels. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in fantasy literature, as well as the World Fantasy Award in 2008. He has twice won the Aurora Award, and in 2014, he was named to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.