The Tower at Stony Wood
She saw the knight in the mirror at sunset… During the wedding festivities of his king, Cyan Dag, a knight of Gloinmere, is sought out by a mysterious bard and told a terrifying tale: that the king has married a false queen—a lie cloaked in ancient and powerful sorcery. Spurred on by his...
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She saw the knight in the mirror at sunset… During the wedding festivities of his king, Cyan Dag, a knight of Gloinmere, is sought out by a mysterious bard and told a terrifying tale: that the king has married a false queen—a lie cloaked in ancient and powerful sorcery. Spurred on by his steadfast honor and loyalty, Cyan departs on a dangerous quest to rescue the real queen from her tower prison, to prevent war, and to awaken magic in a land that has lost its way…
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780441007332 (0441007333)
Publish date: May 1st 2000
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
After having this book and it's gorgeous cover haunt my shelf and memory for years, I finally picked it up and read it all the way through. I won't lie: it was hard going for a while. Its beautiful and haunting but its also very difficult to understand without giving it your undivided attention. It ...
by Patricia McKillipOpening line--"She saw the knight in the mirror at sunset."The first time I read this, a few years ago, I remember expecting a re-telling of "The Lady of Shalott" and not getting it and being somewhat put off by this. On this re-read, I didn't have that expectation and therefore...
This is a fairy tale like story with the princess similar to Rapunzel. Even the book cover convenes the same imagery. This is another quest type book for the hero to rescue the princess. Or, in this case, his queen. Once again, nothing is ever as it seems.
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