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      On the Verge: A Novel

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      Date
      2019-09-18
      Author
      Morken, Jaclyn L
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      On the Verge is the first book in a young adult portal fantasy duology. Cassandra Olson, a nineteen-year-old woman from modern-day Saskatoon, disappears after a plane crash, only to reappear three months later in Saskatoon with no memory of the interim. Investigation into her missing memories leads her not only to the recovery of some of these memories, but also physically into another world entirely, in which magic exists and medieval culture dominates. The fantastic kingdom of Ceos is embroiled in a long war with the neighbouring kingdom of Nyen, and it looks to Cassandra as its saviour. Cassandra, struggling to cope with her own traumas in addition to her imposed role as “Protector,” is forced to return to the horrors at the conflict’s very centre.
      Degree
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
      Department
      English
      Program
      Writing
      Supervisor
      Lynes, Jeanette
      Committee
      Liu, Yin; Thorpe, Douglas; Wright, Sharon
      Copyright Date
      November 2019
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12330
      Subject
      Young adult literature
      fantasy literature
      war
      trauma
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