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Sistersong
(Paperback)
Lucy Holland
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In a magical ancient Britain, bards sing a story of treachery, love
and death. This is that story. For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe,
Lucy Holland's Sistersong retells the folk ballad 'The Twa
Sisters'. 'A beautiful reimagining of an old British folklore
ballad, Sistersong weaves a captivating spell of myth and magic' -
Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne King Cador's children inherit a
land abandoned by the Romans, torn by warring tribes. Riva can cure
others, but can't heal her own scars. Keyne battles to be seen as
the king's son, although born a daughter. And Sinne dreams of love,
longing for adventure. All three fear a life of confinement within
the walls of the hold, their people's last bastion of strength
against the invading Saxons. However, change comes on the day ash
falls from the sky - bringing Myrdhin, meddler and magician. The
siblings discover the power that lies within them and the land. But
fate also brings Tristan, a warrior whose secrets will tear them
apart. Riva, Keyne and Sinne become entangled in a web of treachery
and heartbreak, and must fight to forge their own paths. It's a
story that will shape the destiny of Britain. Sistersong is a
powerfully moving story, perfect for readers who loved Naomi
Novik's Uprooted and Katherine Arden's The Bear and the
Nightingale.
From science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak, an
interstellar adventure of aliens, fairies, and time travel. Until
the day he was murdered, Professor Peter Maxwell was a respected
faculty member of the College of Supernatural Phenomena. Imagine
his chagrin when he turns up at a Wisconsin matter transmission
station several weeks later and discovers he's not only dead but
unemployed. During an interstellar mission to investigate rumors of
dragon activity, this alternate Maxwell was intercepted by a
strange alien race that wanted him to carry knowledge of a
remarkable technology back to Earth, and it seems someone does not
want the information shared. Suddenly, it's essential for Maxwell
to find his own killer. He enlists the aid of Carol Hampton of the
Time College, along with her pet saber-tooth tiger, a ghost with
memory issues, and the intelligent Neanderthal Man recently rescued
from a prehistoric cooking pot. But the search is pointing them
toward the goblins, fairies, and assorted Little Folk living in
reservations on campus, and into the dangerous heart of an
interspecies blood feud that has been raging for millions of years.
Ingeniously inventive and unabashedly tongue-in-cheek, this novel
demonstrates multi-award-winning fantasy and science fiction
favorite Clifford D. Simak operating at the imaginative peak of his
considerable powers.
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