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by Patricia A. McKillip (Author), Kathleen Jennings
[STARRED REVIEW] "McKillip's signature talents are on full display in this wondrous tale."
--Foreword
In World Fantasy Award-winning author Patricia A. McKillip (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld)'s gorgeous prose, the human world and the realm of faeries dangerously entwine through chaotic magic. This brand new edition featuring an original introduction celebrates the 30th anniversary of this classic fantasy novel.
Discover the spellbinding legend of generational atonement and redemption between a reluctant mage, a powerful wizard, a struggling heir, fae royalty, and a mysterious scullery maid.
Author Biography
Patricia Anne McKillip, widely considered one of fantasy's finest writers, was the bestselling author of more than thirty adult and children's fantasy novels, including The Riddle-Master of Hed, Harpist in the Wind, and The Bards of Bone Plain. Her short fiction has most recently been collected in Wonders of the Invisible World and Dreams of Distant Shores. McKillip received three World Fantasy Awards, for The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Ombria in Shadow, and Solstice Wood, for the latter of which she also received the Mythopoeic Award. She was also recognized with the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement. Born in Salem, Oregon, McKillip lived in Germany, the UK, and the Catskills in New York.
Kathleen Jennings (cover art) has won the World Fantasy Award, and has been shortlisted for the Hugo and Locus Awards. She has also received the E. G. Harvey and several Ditmar Awards. Many of her illustrations and incidental drawings appear on her blog tanaudel.wordpress.com. Jennings lives in Brisbane, Australia.
