Black Trillium - Hardcover

Bradley, Marion Zimmer; May, Julian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385261853 ISBN 13: 9780385261852

Publisher: Doubleday, 1990

Synopsis

Three infant princesses recieve the mystically protective Black Trillium at birth and learn to use their strengths and conquer their weaknesses to withstand the dangers that face them

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Review:

Three stellar sf authors combine their talents in a classic fantasy quest involving mysterious wizards, rites of passage, and the salvation of a kingdom. "Library Journal" A fine fantasy novel... The styles and subplots mesh effectively, and the world-building is superior. "Chicago Sun-Times" When three such distinguished ladies collaborate, we ignore them at our peril. "School Library Journal" "

The thrilling and colorful adventures of three royal sisters gifted with magical knowledge and power who are set adrift when chaos and terror invade their kingdom, the Trillium Saga begins with "Black Trillium," created jointly by multiple award-winning fantasists Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, and Andre Norton. In four subsequent volumes each separate author takes up the tale with Elisabeth Waters joining Marion Zimmer Bradley as co-author following the princesses across wild lands, alternate dimensions, and centuries in an embattled World of the Three Moons as they form a mystical triumvirate to confront the malevolence that feeds on their realm. An ingeniously inventive world and a remarkable culture come to breathtaking life in this sprawling masterwork of duty, destiny, family, self-discovery, and sorceries both dark and light, brilliantly realized by some of the most honored names in the fantasy field. "

The Trillium saga tells of the thrilling and colorful adventures of three royal sisters gifted with magical knowledge and power who are set adrift when chaos and terror invade their kingdom. It begins with Black Trillium, created jointly by award-winning fantasists Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, and Andre Norton. In four subsequent volumes, each separate author takes up the tale--with Elisabeth Waters joining Marion Zimmer Bradley as coauthor--following the princesses across wild lands, alternate dimensions, and several centuries in an embattled World of the Three Moons as they form a mystical triumvirate to confront the malevolence that feeds on their realm. An ingeniously inventive world and a remarkable culture come to life in this sprawling masterwork--of duty, destiny, family, self-discovery, and sorceries both dark and light--that has been brilliantly realized by some of the most honored names in the fantasy field.

"Three stellar sf authors combine their talents in a classic fantasy quest involving mysterious wizards, rites of passage, and the salvation of a kingdom." --Library Journal

"A fine fantasy novel . . . The styles and subplots mesh effectively, and the world-building is superior."--Chicago Sun-Times

"When three such distinguished ladies collaborate, we ignore them at our peril." --School Library Journal

About the Author:

Marion Zimmer Bradley is best known as the author of the Darkover series and the bestselling Arthurian novel The Mists of Avalon. In addition to her books, Bradley edited many magazines, amateur and professional, including Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, which she founded in 1988, and an annual anthology, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress.

Julian May is the author or coauthor of eighteen adult science fiction and fantasy novels and over two hundred juvenile nonfiction books. In retirement, she remains an avid keyboard player, gardener, jewelry designer, and fly angler. May lives in the Pacific Northwestern United States.

For well over a half century, Andre Norton was one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many standalone novels, her tales of adventure have drawn countless readers to science fiction. Her fantasy novels, including the bestselling Witch World series, her Magic series, and many other unrelated novels, have been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. An Ohio native, Norton lived for many years in Winter Park, Florida, and died in March 2005 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0385261853
• ISBN 13: 9780385261852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1