In the Forests of Serre - Hardcover

McKillip, Patricia A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0441010113 ISBN 13: 9780441010110

Publisher: Ace Books, 2003

Synopsis

Shattered by the loss of his wife and child, a grieving Prince Ronan of Serre accidentally tramples a white hen in the road and earns himself a witch's curse, which draws him in pursuit of an irresistible pursuit of a mysterious firebird, a quest that takes him into another world. By the author of Ombria in Shadow.

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Review:

In her beautifully written novel In the Forests of Serre, Patricia McKillip (author of Riddle-Master, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld and Ombria in Shadow) again demonstrates her intimate understanding of the mysteries of magic and the human heart. Like Ursula K. Le Guin and Jane Yolen she is one of today's great fantasy writers.

Everyone in the kingdom of Serre avoids the Mother of All Witches, an ugly, powerful and dangerous woman who lives in the Forest of Serre. Then the grief-blinded Prince of Serre rides down the witch's white hen and earns her curse. Prince Ronan believes nothing can be worse than what he has already experienced: the death of his wife and their newborn. But soon the curse destroys what little the prince has left and he wanders lost and half-mad through the Forest of Serre, pursuing a beautiful, elusive firebird that may be an illusion or his doom.

The prince's only hope may be the young Princess Sidonie of Dacia, to whom his brutal father betrothed him against his will and hers. But Princess Sidonie may have no interest in helping a man she's never met. And her powerful, mysterious magician-guardian, Gyre, has secret intentions and desires of his own. --Cynthia Ward, Amazon.com

Review:

"In a twist on the Biblical adage 'Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also, ' McKillip presents a mystical, eerie fantasy about the flight from love--and the haphazard progress toward love...a skillfully told adult fairy tale."

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0441010113
• ISBN 13: 9780441010110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304