Songs of Earth and Power

2 primary works • 3 total works

The Infinity Concerto

by Greg Bear

Published 1 October 1984

Michael Perrin wants to live the simple life of an aspiring poet in Los Angeles. However, when he receives a key and a piece of music called The Infinity Concerto, Michael's life becomes anything but simple. Soon he is whisked away to the land of the Sidhe, dangerous elves in a tentative truce with humans. Barren and stark, this world is anything but the pretty pretty land of faerie tales.

Drafted into learning the physical and mental skills of magic, Michael discovers of his role in a much larger history of magic and music in both the Sidhe's world and ours. Can he survive the pitched battle? Will Michael be the answer to finally uniting the elder races?

The Serpent Mage

by Greg Bear

Published 1 November 1986

When Michael is released from the land of the Sidhe, all he wants is to lead a normal life in L.A. But there are hauntings in the streets, bodies in a hotel, and an ancient creature summoned from a loch. Now Michael must become a Mage to save his country.

Songs of Earth and Power

by Greg Bear

Published 12 November 1992

An omnibus edition of two Greg Bear fantasies. In The Infinity Concerto Michael Perrin endures years of captivity and deadly struggles in the Realm of the Sidhe, a fantastic, beautiful, dangerous world. In The Serpent Mage he returns to Los Angeles - but the Sidhe are following him.