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When Ombria's prince, Royce Greve, breathes his last -- in palace rooms high above the city -- he leaves his young son and mistress at the mercy of his ancient and powerful great-aunt, Domina Pearl. Meanwhile, in a dreamlike underworld peopled by Ombria's ghosts, a sorceress weaves her spells... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lydea: Royce Greve's mistress.
- Royce Greve: Prince of Ombria; father to Kyel.
- Kyel Greve: Prince of Ombria; five years old.
- Domina Pearl: A woman of the House of Greve; older than memory. Called the Black Pearl.
- Ducon Greve: Bastard son of the House of Greve.
- Faey: Sorceress that lives in the undercity of Ombria's past.
- Mag: Faey's waxling child and apprentice.
- Camas Erl: A historian of Ombria; tutor to the House of Greve.
- Kestevan: Add a description of this character.
- Gram Reed
- Gamelyn
- Mann Sozon
Quotes edit
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“Lydea untied the ragged ribbon looped through the ring. She dropped memories in Faey's palm, a priceless treasure of them, along with love and rue, jewel and gold. The sorceress, sliding the ring onto one long finger, saw only the face of her making within the opal.”
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
While the ruler of the ancient city of Ombria lay dying, his mistress, frozen out of the room by the black stare of Domina Pearl, drifted like a bird on a wave until she bumped through Kyel Greve's unguarded door to his bed, where he was playing with his puppets.
Table of Contents edit
One: Rose and Thorn
Two: The Enchanted Heart
Three: Cat and Mouse
Four: The Alchemist's Riddle
Five: The King of Flounders
Six: Dancing Shoes
Seven: Sleight of Hand
Eight: Masquerade
Nine: The Sorceress's Apprentice
Ten: The Magic Shop
Eleven: The Stranger
Twelve: Mirror, Mirror
Thirteen: The Jewel in the Toad
Fourteen: The Labyrinth
Fifteen: Charcoal and Wax
Sixteen: Here and There
Seventeen: Blood and Roses
Eighteen: What the Manticore Said
Nineteen: Mistress Thorn
Twenty: City of Ghosts
Twenty-One: This or That
Twenty-Two: Tutors Minus Two
Twenty-Three: Thrice a Fool
Twenty-Four: Lost and Found
Twenty-Five: The Wild Hunt
Twenty-Six: Time Out of Mind
Twenty-Seven: Ombria in Shadow
Twenty-Eight: Ever After
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Significant Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patricia A. McKillip (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: New York, NY., USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 044100895X
Page Count: 298
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: New York, NY., USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 044100895X
Page Count: 298
Awards edit
- World Fantasy Award (2003: Best Novel)
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (2003: Adult Literature, #1)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3563.C38 O43 2002 FT MEADE
- Dewey: 813.54
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