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Title	:	On the Edge of Darkness
Author	:	Barbara Erskine
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 488 pages
Published	:	1998 by Harper Collins
Categories	:	Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Science Fiction. Time Travel. Romance

On the Edge of Darkness Paperback | Pages: 488 pages

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The eagerly awaited new novel by the author of LADY OF HAY and HOUSE OF ECHOES is the story of a woman trapped in the wrong time. Abandoned by her twentieth century lover, she plots a terrible revenge on him and his family. Adam Craig is fourteen when, near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild Scottish Highlands, he meets Brid, whose exotic, gypsy-like dress and strange attitudes fascinate him. They become friends, then, in time, passionate lovers. Brid leads him, unsuspecting, into the sixth century, where training as a Druid priestess she has mastered their ancient mysteries and powerful magic. In her obsession with Adam she is seen as a traitor by her people and only escapes death by following Adam through time to Edinburgh, where he goes to study medicine. As the years pass he makes new friends, and finds new love, causing Brid to be consumed by a violent rage that knows no bounds. For fifty years, from Scotland to England to Wales, Brid will haunt Adam like an evil shadow. It is finally Adam's granddaughter, Beth, who helps discover the secret that will free them from the terror of Brid's curse.

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Original Title:	On the Edge of Darkness
ISBN:	0006479286 (ISBN13: 9780006479284)
Edition Language:	English

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I have read a number of Barbara Erskine books and thoroughly enjoyed them. This one just went on and on and let me say on. I always like the descriptive way the author seems to get you linked into the main characters. This time I just kept hoping some one would finish the evil main character off and the story would have a better last half.

My second Barbara Erskine read after HIDING FROM THE LIGHT. Not as good as HIDING; it's a little slow for my liking, with a lot of unnecessary padding. Too much focus on mundane events in the present and not enough of the intriguing Pictish history. Lots of atmosphere, though, and well-drawn characters. I'd recommend it for fans of the author, and people who like historical/time-slip/time travel/romance.

Barbara Erskine is my favourite author, I have all her books and would highly recommend each and every one. You won't be able to put them down! There are characters from the past and present intertwined in a single story, grounded in historical fiction and they're always full of ghosts. Gripping.

This was a hard book to love. The hero is somewhat careless of the women in his life to say the least, and what could have been a fascinating link to the Pictish past became only abhorrent obsession.I think I would have preferred it if it was made clear that power was the corruption of her spirit rather than the relentless pursuit of Adam whom I really didn't like.The end was also fairly unresolved, and I've no intention of ever going back into this world!

My second Barbara Erskine read after HIDING FROM THE LIGHT. Not as good as HIDING; it's a little slow for my liking, with a lot of unnecessary padding. Too much focus on mundane events in the present and not enough of the intriguing Pictish history. Lots of atmosphere, though, and well-drawn characters. I'd recommend it for fans of the author, and people who like historical/time-slip/time travel/romance.

As always, elegantly crafted and written, atmospheric and evocative.

The element I like best in time travel books is getting to experience the newness through the eyes of the traveller. This element was almost completely missing in this book. To me, this was more of a horror/suspense genre, Brid was evil and Adam was a helpless victim. Coming on the heels of The Winter People, which I read just prior, I am ready to leave this genre behind and read something happy and uplifting now!It was a compelling book that I found interesting, definitely not run of the mill.