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Stardust

ISBN: 0380804557

Title: Stardust

Author: Neil Gaiman

KDL Description:

Living in a Victorian countryside town overshadowed by an imposing stone barrier, Tristran is compelled to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves and crosses to the wondrous other side of the barrier, where he encounters dangerous rivals for the star.

Amazon Description:

In the sleepy English countryside at the dawn of the Victorian era lies the village of Wall — a secluded hamlet that derives its name from an imposing stone barrier that surrounds a fertile grassland. The lesiurely pace in Wall is disrupted only once every nine years as the mortal and magical meer upon the meadow for a market fair like no other.

It is here in Wall that young Tristan Thorn loses his heart to the town beauty — a woman who is as cold and distant as the star she and Tristan see fall from the sky on a crisp October evening. To gain the hand of his beloved, Tristan rashly vows to fetch the fallen star and embarks upon a lover’s quest that willl carry him over the ancient wall and into a world beyond his wildest imaginings…

A tale of romance, magic, and glamour, the multiple award-winning Neil Gaiman’s Stardust is a spellbinding story, lyrically written by a master of the craft.