The Warlock Is Missing - Stasheff, Christopher

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Résumé :
THE FATE OF A KINGDOM RESTS ON FOUR CHILDREN. ?The Kingdom of Gramarye is spiraling into chaos, and the High Warlock is nowhere to be found. With their parents suddenly and suspiciously vanished, the four Gallowglass siblings - Magnus, Cordelia, Geoffrey, and Gregory - are all that stand between peaceful order and violent anarchy. But how can mere children, even with an elfin babysitter, stand against dragons and giants, witches and sorcerers? With armies on the march and monsters on the prowl, these four brave kids must work together and combine the skills of their mother's magic power with their father's training in order to save the kingdom... but only if they can save themselves first!...

Biographie:
Christopher Stasheff (1944 - 2018) ha trascorso la sua prima infanzia a Mount Vernon, New York, e i successivi anni della sua formazione nella citt? di Ann Arbor, nel Michigan. Ha sempre avuto difficolt? a distinguere la realt? dalla fantasia e ha provato a compensare questa sua lacuna diventando un insegnante universitario. Quando l'insegnamento si ? rivelato un mestiere troppo ancorato alla realt?, vi ha rinunciato a favore di una carriera da scrittore, dedicandosi ad essa a tempo pieno. Ha provato a scrivere la sua vita, ma non riusciva a capire come mai le altre persone non si esprimessero con le parole giuste. Ci? ha causato una discreta quantit? di malintesi con la moglie e i loro quattro figli. ? diventato uno scrittore di romanzi perch? era l'unico modo per essere al contempo sia il regista, sia l'ideatore degli eventi, sia il cast di attori.Chris ? morto nel 2018 a causa del Morbo di Parkinson. I suoi amici, la sua famiglia, i suoi fan e i suoi studenti lo ricorderanno sempre per la sua natura buona e gentile, per la sua disponibilit? nel guidare e fare da mentore a chiunque lo chiedesse, e per il suo arguto senso dell'umorismo. I suoi terribili giochi di parole, tuttavia, verranno dimenticati il prima possibile....

Sommaire:
Christopher Stasheff (1944-2018) was a teacher, thespian, techie, and author of science fiction & fantasy novels. One of the pioneers of science fantasy, his career spaned four decades, 44 novels (including translations into Czech, German, Italian, Russian, and Japanese), 29 short stories, and seven 7 anthologies. His novels are famous for their humor (and bad puns), exploration of comparative political systems, and philosophical undertones. He has always had difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality and has tried to compensate by teaching college. When teaching proved too real, he gave it up in favor of writing full time. He tends to pre-script his life, but can't understand why other people never get their lines right. This causes a fair amount of misunderstanding with his wife and four children. He writes novels because it's the only way he can be the director, the designer, and all the actors too. Chris died in 2018 from Parkinson's Disease. He will be remembered by his friends, family, fans, and students for his kind and gentle nature, and for his witty sense of humor. His terrible puns, however, will be forgotten as soon as humanly possible....