War for the Oaks: A Novel
 

War for the Oaks

by Emma Bull

Acclaimed by critics and readers on its first publication in 1987, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Emma Bull’s War for the Oaks is one of the novels that has defined modern urban fantasy.

Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a... (read more)

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Do you love Rock 'n' Roll? Are you a fan big of city life? How about the mysterious world of Faerie? All of those things? You will love this book. I do -- it has been at the top of my list for many years. So glad to see it's back in print again! Eddi McCandry is a struggling singer/guitar player who has just decided she's had it up to here with the pretentious, drug-addled lead guitarist who fronts her band. Time to walk away. With her friend Carla, the now-ex-drummer of the same...

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