num_pages: 332
description: Acclaimed by critics and readers on its first publication in 1987, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Emma Bull's War for the Oaks is one of the novels that has defined modern urban fantasy.Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But she's breaking up with her boyfriend, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk—and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, War for the Oaks is a fantasy novel that's as much about this world as about the other one. It's about real love and loyalty, about real music and musicians, about false glamour and true art. It will change the way you hear and see your own daily life.
language: English
title: War for the Oaks
titlecomplete: War for the Oaks
characters: Willy Silver, Eddi McCandry, The Phouka, Carla DiAmato, Dan Rochelle, Hedge
genres: Fiction, Music, Young Adult, Romance, Fae, Paranormal, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Fairies, Urban Fantasy
ratings_count: 10286
places: Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel and Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Compton Crook Award
publisher: Orb Books