The Shape-Changer's Wife
by:
Sharon Shinn (author)
From the national bestselling author of The Samaria Trilogy...this is the novel that launched Sharon Shinn's career and inspired Peter S. Beagle to call her "the most original writer of fantasy since Robin McKinley." Aubrey was a student of the fine art of wizardry. But the more knowledge he...
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From the national bestselling author of The Samaria Trilogy...this is the novel that launched Sharon Shinn's career and inspired Peter S. Beagle to call her "the most original writer of fantasy since Robin McKinley." Aubrey was a student of the fine art of wizardry. But the more knowledge he acquired, the more he wanted to learn. He traveled in search of the greatest master of all, the gifted shape-changer Glyrenden. From him, Aubrey expected to discover the secret of long-lost spells and the mysteries of arcane magic. But there was one discovery he never expected, a mystery he risked every thing to solve. Her name was Lilith...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780441010615 (044101061X)
Publish date: August 5th 2003
Publisher: Ace Trade
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
The Shape-Changer's Wife is a somewhat odd story. It was very slow paced and the mystery was very easy to figure out. I'm not sure why it took the protagonist so long to figure it all out. Once I unraveled the mystery behind the shape-changer's wife I had to laugh about it a little bit. It was just...
Aubrey is a gifted student of wizardy, one who assimilates knowledge easily and always wants to learn more. His studies take him on a journey to the wizard Glyrenden, but he discovers more mysteries than knowledge in the home of the shape-changer, where nothing seems quite as it should. What of Gl...
I *thought* this book was part of the same series as 'The Truth-Teller's Tale' and 'The Safe-Keeper's Secret.' (I dunno, something about the title?)Anyway, it's not. Although I loved those other 2 books, I think I liked this one even more than either. I was surprised to read here that it was actuall...
I love a good off-beat done-in-one fantasy novel. An aspiring wizard travels deep into the forest to study under a reclusive master of shape-changing, but finds the shape-changer has been using his powers in some very dubious ways. The only Fantasy novel I can compare this to is Lord Dunsany's The...
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