Strands of Sunlight is a novel written by Gael Baudino in 1994. It is the fourth in the Strands of Starlight tetralogy . The other novels are Strands of Starlight , Maze of Moonlight , and Shroud of Shadow . Out of the four-book series, this book alone was not released in the UK market because, according to the author, the publishers believed "that British readers won't have any interest in events set in contemporary Denver".
21-452: Baudino is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gael Baudino (born 1955), American fantasy author Lucrezia Baudino (born 2001), Italian rower Stefano Baudino (born 1963), Italian cyclist See also [ edit ] Gaudino [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Baudino . If an internal link intending to refer to
42-406: A few nights later, he wakes up the following day whole, his leg intact, having finally discharged his last tie to his old life. When the police come to question him about the pieces of his artificial leg, which he left at the ruins of the crack house when Sandy drove him to safety, the presence of both of his legs deflects their attention away from him. As both narrative threads come together, Sandy
63-529: A hidden higher power, Terry tortures himself with self-mutilation in an effort to finally see this higher power. When Sandy states that she has had a vision of a higher power, he comes to envy and loathe her. After she realizes the falsity of his convictions and tries to distance herself from him, he attacks her, slashing her hands with a knife. Fighting for her life, she sprays him in the face with oven cleaner , blinding him. In another narrative thread, T.K. has just recently returned from Desert Storm missing
84-502: A leg. A Vietnam War veteran and a black man, he has been marginalized his entire life and is now working at the same security firm that once employed George Morrison, who is now the elf Hadden. Living in Denver's projects , he sees a crack house operating every day just down the street from him, and he is powerless to do anything about it. Finding employment at Treestar Surveying, he finds his barriers eroding as he comes to realize that he
105-422: A sense of belonging. Natil is a gardener at Kingsley College, a private university in Denver. She has found a small group of people who have started transforming into Elves and need guidance, though she has not revealed many details of the early portions of her existence, nor has she revealed the divine vision she once had but now cannot even describe to them. In one narrative thread, Sandy Joy comes to Denver at
126-469: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baudino&oldid=1182119876 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Gael Baudino From Misplaced Pages,
147-1021: Is a book of short stories converted into graphic novels for early teen readers. " Tidings of Comfort and Joy " edited by Dennis L. McKiernan - The Magic of Christmas (1992) ISBN 0-451-45190-2 " Before " - Lammas Night edited by Mercedes Lackey (1996) ISBN 0-671-87713-5 - this story occurs in the same setting as Baudino's novel The Borders of Life . " Bitterfoot " - Sisters in Fantasy 2 edited by Susan Schwartz (1996) ISBN 0-451-45503-7 " Charity " - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit . " Lady of Light " - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit . " A Touch of Distant Hands " - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit . " Elvenhome " - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit . " Please Come to Denver (in
168-468: Is becoming an Elf too and is no longer subject to the same hopeless future he once had. After Heather, one of the Elves, is shot by drug dealers for TK's efforts at evicting the crack house from his neighborhood, he steals military ordnance and demolishes the crack house with two pounds of C4 after a desperate gun battle that destroys his artificial leg. Concluding his transformation into an Elf while he sleeps
189-498: Is different from Wikidata Webarchive template wayback links Strands of Sunlight The principal protagonist in Strands of Sunlight is Natil the elf, though its multiple narratives follow several important secondary characters. The story takes place in 1990's Denver , USA. It concerns several humans who have had ancient Elven blood in their veins awaken and begin making them Elves. There are seventeen Elves in Denver when
210-429: Is held by the police for assault after Terry lies and says that Sandy attacked him first. Out on bail, Sandy's overwhelming grief at her predicament serves as the final catalyst for helping all of the Elves finally learn how to draw strength from the patterns and use all of the powers at their disposal. Natil, seeing no choice, strikes a deal with Terry and uses her regained powers to heal Terry's eyes so that he will tell
231-550: Is previewed in the back of Spires of Spirit with the working title of The Bournes of Life . The preview identifies Gael Baudino as the author rather than G.A. Kathryns. Darkling Incidence (2015) as K.M Tonso. ISBN 978-1938644245 . Snow City (2017) as G.A. Kathryns. ISBN 978-1542858076 Short stories [ edit ] "Lady of the Forest End" - Amazons II edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1982) ISBN 0-87997-736-1 " The Shadow of
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#1733086003277252-1312: The Wayback Machine (archived July 29, 2005), archive of a fan page Bibliography at the Wayback Machine (archived March 5, 2007), archive of SciFan page Gael Baudino at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Authority control databases [REDACTED] International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National United States Czech Republic Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gael_Baudino&oldid=1256171124 " Categories : 1955 births 20th-century American novelists American fantasy writers American women short story writers American women novelists Dianic Wiccans Living people American Quakers Converts to Quakerism Converts to Protestantism from pagan religions Lambda Literary Award winners American women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American women writers Hidden categories: CS1 maint: unfit URL Articles with short description Short description
273-714: The "Strands" universe. One of its stories, "The Shadow of the Starlight", was previously published in slightly different form in the April 1985 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . The Water! series [ edit ] O Greenest Branch! (1995) ISBN 0-451-45449-9 The Dove Looked In (1996) ISBN 0-451-45497-9 Branch and Crown (1996) ISBN 0-451-45553-3 Standalone [ edit ] Gossamer Axe (1990) ISBN 0-451-45025-6 The Borders of Life (1999) as G.A. Kathryns. ISBN 0-451-45574-6 This book
294-763: The Folk Harp Journal during the 1990s. Bibliography [ edit ] The Dragonsword Trilogy [ edit ] Dragonsword (1988) ISBN 1-55802-003-9 Duel of Dragons (1991) ISBN 0-451-45097-3 Dragon Death (1992) ISBN 0-451-45147-3 The Strands Series [ edit ] Strands of Starlight (1989) ISBN 0-451-16371-0 Maze of Moonlight (1993) ISBN 0-451-45230-5 Shroud of Shadow (1993) ISBN 0-451-45294-1 Strands of Sunlight (1994) ISBN 0-451-45408-1 Spires of Spirit (1997) ISBN 0-451-45568-1 - A collection of six short stories set in
315-895: The Spring) " - written between 1981 and 1984 and published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit . Nonfiction works [ edit ] The Wire Strung Primer (as Gael Kathryns) - Raging Celt Productions, Englewood, Colorado, 1991 Interzone Science Fiction magazine #90 (1994), page 19–22. Interview by David V. Barrett: "Music and Magic" Recordings [ edit ] For Martha (as Gael Kathryns) - RC901 Raging Celt Productions, Englewood, Colorado, 1990 - original harp music References [ edit ] ^ Baudino, Gael (1988). Author information on last page of Dragonsword . Lynx Books. ISBN 1-55802-003-9 . ^ Barret, David V. (December 1994). "Music and Magic". Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy . 90 : 19–22. ^ "List of Famous Quakers" . Archived from
336-487: The Starlight " - published in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (April 1985) An edited/updated version published in 1997 in Spires of Spirit . " The Persistence of Memory " - published in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (November 1985) The Year's Best Fantasy 12 edited by Arthur W. Saha (1986) ISBN 0-88677-163-3 The Bank Street Book of Fantasy edited by Howard Zimmerman (1989) ISBN 0-671-63146-2 . This
357-508: The 💕 American fantasy author Gael Baudino (born 1955) is a contemporary American fantasy author who also writes under the pseudonyms of Gael Kathryns, Gael A. Kathryns, K.M. Tonso, and G.A. Kathryns. She attended college at the University of Southern California . Sometime before 1994 she converted from Dianic Wicca and became a Quaker . As Gael Kathryns she contributed several instructional articles about harping to
378-514: The invitation of a man named Terry Angel. Exploiting the weak emotional condition of the Dean of Kingsley College, Maxwell Delmari, he has been given free rein to set up a sham program, named Hands of Grace, that purportedly uses music to heal people. Referring to obscure or bogus publications and fake references, Terry has hidden the fact that there is no program and no factual basis for his work. Thoroughly insane and plagued by fleeting partial visions of
399-437: The original on August 17, 2000 . Retrieved June 18, 2007 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link ) ^ "List of Contributors to FHJ" . Archived from the original on December 25, 2006 . Retrieved December 12, 2007 . ^ "Book Review: Strands of Starlight". Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy . 91 : 58. January 1995. External links [ edit ] Pages of Starlight at
420-486: The story starts, though only 15 are named: Natil, Hadden, Wheat, Marsh, Kelly, Bright, Lauri, Raven, Heather, Ash, Web, Fox, Dell, Alessandro, and Tristan. Two humans also figure heavily in the story line: Sandy Joy, an abuse survivor from Los Angeles, and T.K., a black military veteran missing a leg. The story follows three major arcs: Natil trying to guide the new Elves in what it means to be an Elf; Sandy Joy's search for safety and acceptance; and T.K.'s search for hope and
441-415: The truth of what happened to Sandy. Consumed with shame and grief at the banality of bargaining her healing powers for the truth from Terry and knowing that he will soon commit suicide because of what she has done for him, Natil finally gives up her immortal existence of four and a half billion years and fades from the earth. The others search for her and finally find her grieving in the land of sunlight with
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