A Dark Winter is a 1998 fantasy novel by Dave Luckett

Dave Luckett

Dave Luckett is an Australian children's writer born in Stanmore, New South Wales. He has written three non-fiction books about cricket and medieval weapons and armor. He has also written three series of fantasy books as well as a number of standalone fantasy books. One of the series, The Rhianna...

. It follows the story of Wii de Parkin who along with Silvus and Sister Winterridge have set out to defeat the Dark armies and save the castle of Ys.

Background

A Dark Winter was first published in Australia in 1998 by Omnibus Books in paperback

Paperback

Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...

 format. It won the 1998 Aurealis Award

Aurealis Award

Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...

 for best fantasy novel

Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...

 and was also a short-list nominee for the 1998 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Alison Goodman

Alison Goodman

Alison Goodman is an Australian writer based in Melbourne.Goodman came to attention with her debut novel Singing the Dogstar Blues...

's Singing the Dogstar Blues

Singing the Dogstar Blues

Singing the Dogstar Blues is a 1998 young-adult science fiction novel by Alison Goodman. It follows the story of Joss who is a student of time travel and has been given the task of being the study partner of the alien student Mavkel.-Background:...

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