Solstice Wood
core novel 2006 Winter Rose
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.78 (2,213 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 278 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441013661 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Sylva Lynn, a bookseller living an ordinary life in California, returns to her family's ancestral home in upstate New York after her grandfather's death, only to be drawn back into a magical heritage she carries as a woman part fairy herself, descended from the Lynn family at the center of Winter Rose. When the old protective magic guarding the family house from the fay finally fails, Sylva's young cousin is kidnapped and replaced with a changeling, a crisis only Sylva, with her mixed fairy lineage, is positioned to resolve. Forced to venture into the fairy realm on the other side of the boundary her family has guarded for generations, Sylva must navigate old bargains and new dangers to rescue her cousin and restore the fragile peace that has long protected her ancestral home from the fay just beyond its borders.
Where it sits
- Universe: Winter Rose
- Series: Winter Rose core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Patricia A. McKillip
Awards (verified)
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (Adult Literature), 2007: won
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2007: finalist; 7th place in the Locus poll; registered as finalist per the no-cutoff Locus-poll convention.
Notes
- From the series record (Winter Rose): Solstice Wood (2006) is a direct sequel to Winter Rose (1996), returning to the same family/land and its fey-realm curse a generation later; publication order matches internal chronology, no dispute.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Winter Rose: position 2 of 2: previous Winter Rose (1996)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Winter Rose (novel)
- Wikipedia: Solstice Wood
- Mythopoeic Society, Awards Winners
- sfadb: Patricia A. McKillip
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