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Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose -- to create out of the insubstance of the air, from a shimmering of light and a fluttering of shadows. that most wonderous of spells, a Shaping.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- C. J. Cherryh
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 671
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, HarperPrism, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061051951
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Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction.
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