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Ombria in Shadow
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Ombria in Shadow
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Patricia A. McKillip
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| Series | Fantasy Masterworks |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:304 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 194,Width 128 |
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| Category/Genre | Fantasy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781473205741
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.6 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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| Imprint |
Gollancz
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| Publication Date |
11 September 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Prince of Ombria is dying, and already his sinister great-aunt is plotting to seize power. The Black Pearl is feared throughout the land, and the city folk know her reign will be a terrible one. Only the prince's son can stop her from seizing the throne but he's just a boy - barely worth the trouble of doing away with. Ombria, it seems, is doomed. And yet, beneath the streets, in a buried world of shadows and ghosts, a mysterious sorceress is weaving new spells, watched over by a girl sculpted entirely from wax ...
Author Biography
Patricia A. McKillip is the award-winning author of many fine fantasy novels, including World Fantasy Award-winner The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, The Sorceress and the Cygnet, Winter Rose and Song for the Basilisk. She lives in Roxbury, New York.
ReviewsThere are no better writers than Patricia A. McKillip A swift, dark dream of a book . . . masterfully turning old fairy tales on their heads - Locus
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