The Year the Fire Came
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| Title: | The Year the Fire Came |
| Publisher: | Kathy Resch/Pentagram Press |
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| Author(s): | Lori Paige |
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| Date(s): | July 1985 (though was originally meant to be published in late 1983) |
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| Fandom: | Dark Shadows |
| Language: | English |
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The Year the Fire Came is a gen Dark Shadows novel by Lori Paige. Illustrations by Cindy Jorgensen.
Any art has been included on Fanlore with the publisher's permission.
Summary
From an ad in The World of Dark Shadows #71/72: "Collinwood - late 1700's. Jeremiah and Barnabas were as close as brothers. Then the mysterious woman named Laura came to town; an intense rivalry began. Then mysterious deaths began occurring, deaths cause by savage attacks of a wild animal. Or was it something else? Laura, pregnant with Jeremiah's child? The mysterious stranger from France? Or someone even closer to the family?"
Reactions and Reviews
From a review in The Collins Mausoleum #3: "Lori Paige’s The Year the Fire Came ...re-figured the romantic rivalry between young Barnabas and Jeremiah with Laura the Phoenix as the nexus of their passion. Paige introduced vivid new characters in this story and even successfully incorporated a werewolf. Beautifully executed throughout, The Year the Fire Came has a climatic battle scene so thrilling and eerily moving that it sticks with a reader long after. An extra bonus, this novel was enhanced within by illustrations by Cindy Jorgensen, using a wood block print style deliberately evocative of the late 1700s."