Moonheart (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Henri Diederick Hoefsmit
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—Magical Realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s and 1990’s, and ancient times in North America and Wales
- Setting: Modern Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and ancient North America and Wales
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Magic or magicians, 1980’s, Canada or Canadians, 1990’s, Houses, mansions, or manors, Wales or Welsh people, Talisman or magical object
- Locales: Ontario, Canada, North America, Wales
The Plot
The story of Moonheart focuses on Tamson House, an ancient house in Ottawa, and its owners, Jamie Tams and Sara Kendell. While unpacking boxes, they come across an old medicine bag with a gold ring in it, a flat bone disk, and a watercolor painting of a Celtic harper sharing a peace pipe with a blue-eyed Indian. Jamie, Sara’s uncle, sends the bone disk out to be analyzed at the museum. The museum in turn informs the Royal Canadian Mounted Police because the disk is similar in appearance to a bag of bone disks that the museum previously had been asked to...
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