War for the Oaks
core novel 1987 War for the Oaks
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (10,705 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 336 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-441-87073-2 |
Synopsis
War for the Oaks, published in 1987, follows Eddi McCandry, a rock musician in Minneapolis who is in the process of leaving her band and starting a new one when she finds herself pursued through the city streets by a shapeshifting faerie known as a phouka, who appears alternately as a man and a black dog. The phouka conscripts her, against her will, into an unfolding conflict between the noble Seelie Court and the sinister Unseelie Court, ruled by the Queen of Air and Darkness, informing her that she has become a linchpin whose presence is now required at the boundary between the two courts.
Where it sits
- Universe: War for the Oaks
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Emma Bull
Notes
- A standalone Minneapolis-set contemporary fantasy about a musician drafted into a war between the Seelie and Unseelie courts; widely credited as one of the works that founded modern urban fantasy as a genre.
Sources
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