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The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, Jr.

The Book of the Dun Cow

Walter Wangerin, Jr.

HarperCollins · Paperback · August 14, 2003

Walter Wangerin's profound fantasy concerns a time when the sun turned around the earth and the animals could speak, when Chauntecleer the Rooster ruled over a more or less peaceful kingdom.

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Who it’s for
A speaking-animal kingdom and an ancient evil give this fantasy its pleasantly eerie pull.
Themes
Good versus evil, Threat to a peaceful kingdom
Genres
Christian Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Dragons & Mythic Creatures

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About this book

Walter Wangerin's profound fantasy concerns a time when the sun turned around the earth and the animals could speak, when Chauntecleer the Rooster ruled over a more or less peaceful kingdom. What the animals did not know was that they were the Keepers of Wyrm, monster of evil long imprisoned beneath the earth ... and Wyrm, sub terra, was breaking free.

Fable With Teeth

A speaking-animal kingdom and an ancient evil give this fantasy its pleasantly eerie pull.

Come here for

  • Mythic creatures and a world turned upside down
  • A more or less peaceful kingdom with trouble beneath it

Expect

  • Fable-like fantasy with a darker current
  • Good and evil in a fantastical, animal-led world

Where it sits

Christian Fantasy82%
Dragons & Mythic Creatures34%
Epic Fantasy28%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy
  • Literary Fiction
  • Faith & Fiction
  • Sci-Fi
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  • Christian Fiction
  • Christian Fantasy
  • Women's Fiction
  • Christian Living
Authors
Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
August 14, 2003
Format
Paperback
Theme
Good versus evil · Threat to a peaceful kingdom
Reading lane
Fantasy