C L Holland: 2 books

When Calony wakes up in the middle of a snowstorm, she has no idea where she is or how she got there. The shapeshifter Kestrin and wanderer Yaphen go with her on a journey to find out the secrets of her past. Answers which, in the end, may not be entirely welcome.

Welcome to a world of insanity, wicked monks, sublime landscapes, romantic heroines, golems, vampires, and wanderers.... Essays on the relationship between fantasy fiction and the Gothic, including the Gothic classics Bram Stoker's Dracula, Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer, Ann Radcliffe's...