The Forgotten Beasts of Eld: 50th Anniversary Special Edition

WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER nSPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY HARDCOVER EDITION Rich and regal. --The New York Times New introduction by Marjorie Liu (The Tangleroot Palace) nNew illustrations by Stephanie Law (Shadowscapes) Fifty years ago, the soon-to-be celebrated young author Patricia A. McKillip (the Riddle-Master trilogy) penned the classic tale of an iron-willed young sorceress and her captivating menagerie. This lovely 50th anniversary hardcover special edition features new illustrations and a new introduction, as well as original cover art by an award-winning illustrator. Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, she is attended by exotic, magical beasts: Riddle-master Cyrin the boar; the treasure-starved dragon Gyld; Gules the Lyon, tawny master of the Southern Deserts; Ter, the fiercely vengeful falcon; Moriah, feline Lady of the Night. Sybel only lacks the exquisite and mysterious Liralen, which continues to elude her most powerful enchantments. But when a soldier bearing an infant arrives, Sybel discovers that the world of man and magic is full of both love and deceit, with the possibility of more power than she can possibly imagine. nWORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER nSPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY HARDCOVER EDITION Rich and regal. -The New York Times New introduction by Marjorie Liu (The Tangleroot Palace) nNew illustrations by Stephanie Law (Shadowscapes) Fifty years ago, the soon-to-be celebrated young author Patricia A. McKillip (the Riddle-Master trilogy) penned the classic tale of an iron-willed young sorceress and her captivating menagerie. This lovely 50th anniversary hardcover special edition features new illustrations and a new introduction, as well as original cover art by an award-winning illustrator. Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, she is attended by exotic, magical beasts: Riddle-master Cyrin the boar; the treasure-starved dragon Gyld; Gules the Lyon, tawny master of the Southern Deserts; Ter, the fiercely vengeful falcon; Moriah, feline Lady of the Night. Sybel only lacks the exquisite and mysterious Liralen, which continues to elude her most powerful enchantments. But when a soldier nWORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER nSPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY HARDCOVER EDITION Rich and regal. -The New York Times New introduction by Marjorie Liu (The Tangleroot Palace) nNew illustrations by