The Blue Star (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Fletcher Pratt
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—heroic fantasy
- Time of Work: A period roughly equivalent to the eighteenth century
- Setting: Various, including Netznegon in the realm of Dossola and Charlakis in the dominion of Mancherei
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Other worlds, Witches or witchcraft, Precious metals or stones, Gems
- Locales: Dreamscape
The Plot
Within a frame narrative in which three men dream the same dream, the story is told of Rodvard Bergelin, a minor functionary in the government of Dossola who is also a member of a subversive organization called the Sons of the New Day. Rodvard is commissioned by the leaders of this organization to seduce Lalette Asterhax, the descendant of a line of witches whose hereditary magic—embodied in the eponymous gem—is transferable to their male lovers. He reluctantly agrees, but he mishandles the task; he succeeds only because Lalette wants to avoid an alternative...
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