Jack the Giant Killer

A faceless gang of bikers on a wild hunt through the streets of present-day Ottawa hurtles young Jacky Rowan across the threshold into the perilous land of Faerie. There, to her dismay, she is hailed as the Jack of Kinrowan, a once-and-future trickster hero whose lot is to save the Elven Courts from unimaginable evil.

©1987 Charles de Lint (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

a perfect urban faerie tale

de lint writes people so well. while staying within the rules of faerie tale logic he managed to present theee dimensional characters. a rare talent.

Great fairy adventure!!

Love the heroines courage and all the characters that support he journey! Very very magical!

A fine urban fantasy.

The story moved along very well. I did get confused between the reading of Jackie’s role and her friend.

Great take on fairy tale subjects

De Lint is one of my favorite authors. The way he weaves stories with the traditional folk characters is awesome. They are nothing else but modern day urban fairy stories. The world building here is a little lacking, Compared to his other stories, but well worth reading. The narator was ok. Kate Reading does a lot of De Lint's works and maybe I am unfairly comparing them.

modern fairy tale

charles de king is a master of urban fantasy. this is one of the proto newford stories, set in contemporary ottawa (1987) wonderful hero’s journey