A Silver Cord - Book 1 - Clouds of Fire

“Thomas Martin’s A Silver Cord transports
us to a world above ours—the clouds, but the clouds as a realm of the spirit, where each word spoken below, each thought we breathe, in love or anger, takes on substance, heightened and purified and thunderously clashing. The book is a visionary re-tuning of our world below into a song of praise, an epic battle of the heart, yearning and inventive and strikingly unfolded.”

“A Silver Cord will suffuse your imagination with great mythic power. The story moves with rapidity so that the force of the language resides in deep metaphors, drawing the reader into a realm where the abiding goodness of solid reality has become fractured and faces the threat of disintegration in the flow of time. The story is redemptive with a scope as large as The Divine Comedy, so much so that, like Dante, we will need a guide across its landscapes. Grab hold of the silver cord with Ellie and let this story work on you.”

“A wondrous story of joy within a world of adventure. Here is a fantasy novel complete with trial and triumph. Martin’s mastery of description and dialogue fills each page with life. Riveting for any reader, young or old, the journey through this book is an exploration where friendship leads to discovery and light extinguishes darkness.”

“A Silver Cord combines many elements of the best fantasy fiction: a complex heroine who goes on a harrowing journey, animals that not only speak but shape-shift, and the twists and turns of an exciting
plot. Ellie, the heroine, stays in our minds not only because of her imaginative curiosity, but especially because of her courage.”