01993cam a2200313 4500 758883890 TxAuBib 20150112120000.0 150112s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780765324771 hbk. $26.99 0765324776 hbk. $26.99 (OCoLC)900016719 IZ2 eng rda IZ2 TxGR TxAuBib Moorcock, Michael, 1939-, author. The whispering swarm [Book] / Michael Moorcock. First edition. New York, NY : Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 2015. 480 pages ; 24 cm. Book One of the Sanctuary of the White Friars "A Tor book.". Back in the Thirteenth Century, King Henry III granted a plot of land in the heart of London to an order of Friars known as the Carmelites. In return, they entered into a compact with God to guard a holy object. This sanctuary became a refuge for many of ill-repute, as the Friars cast no judgment and took in all who were in search of solace. Known as Alsatia, it did not suffer like the rest of the world. No Plague affected it. No Great Fire burned it. No Blitz destroyed it. Within its walls lies a secret to existence--one that has been kept since the dawn of time--a bevy of creation, where reality and romance, life and death, imaginary and real share the same world. One young man's entrance into this realm sends a shockwave of chaos through time. What lies at the center of this sacred realm is threatened for the first time in human existence. 20150112. Carmelites Fiction. Friars Fiction. Whitefriars Street (London, England) Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Book One of the Sanctuary of the White Friars. RV8