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JACK, THE
GIANT-KILLER
Charles de Lint
the jack of kinrowan: a novel of
urban faerie

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Once there was an ordinary cityтАж
But behind the everyday streets there lies a Faerie
world, where trolls and goblins lurk under motorway
bridgesтАФand giants walk the earth.
Once there was an ordinary girlтАж
Who didnтАЩt believe in giants. But now Jacky RowanтАЩs
been marked for destruction, and sent on a quest that only
a fool would dare.
Once there were no more heroesтАж
Until one mortal woman set out to save the city
тАФhuman and otherworldly alikeтАФfrom a nightmarish
demise.
 JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER
A book from Fairy Tales. a series of fantasy novels
retelling classic tales
FEE FI FO FUM
He was big, this giant. Bigger than any creature Jacky
had ever seen. His head alone was more than two feet
high, almost a foot and a half wide. Legs, three yards
long, supported the enormous bulk of his torso and
carried him across the park. He was going to be right on
top of her in moments and she didnтАЩt know what to do.
She was too petrified with fear to do more than shake
where she was crouched. Her fingers plucked nervously at
the hem of her jacket and she chewed furiously on her
lower lip.
Run, she told herself. Get up and run, you fool.



Charles de Lint is one of the major pioneers of the
modern тАЬcontemporary fantasyтАЭ novel-stories that bring
ancient folk tales, themes and characters into modern