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Prince Talis, heir to the Pelucir throne, has been away from his homeland studying magecraft. At the wizards' college, he discovers a mysterious book of spells whose words carry hidden meanings.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Patricia A. McKillip
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 254
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited, Ace Trade, ATOM
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780441002115
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“"The great mage moves," the mage Danicet said twenty years later at the mages' school in Chaumenard, "from moment to moment, from shape to shape, to meet the constant, ever-changing needs of life.”
Patricia Anne McKillip is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She grew up in Oregon and England. She received a BA in English in 1971 and an MA in 1973. She is a past winner of the World Fantasy Award and Locus Award, and she lives in Oregon. McKillip's stories usually take place in a setting similar to the Middle Ages. There are forests, castles, and lords or kings, minstrels, tinkers and wizards. Her writing usually puts her characters in situations involving mysterious powers that they don't understand.
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