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Ombria in Shadow

By: Patricia A. McKillip
Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
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Ombria. It is a city that echoes with the footfalls of sapphire-heeled shoes...that holds its breath as a straw-haired apparition glides through its streets...that sees its dreams-and nightmares-take shape in the drawings of a bastard-heir. It is an enchanted time and place envisioned by World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip, acclaimed author of The Tower at Stony Wood....

©2002 Patricia A. McKillip (P)2011 Audible, Inc. Classics Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical

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World Fantasy Award, Best Novel, 2003
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This is a wonderfully evocative fairy tale, beautifully written and a pleasure to listen to. The narration is excellent. The book makes me think of Ellen Kushner's Privilege of the Sword visiting Zelazny's city of Amber with a bit of Gormenghast thrown in for good measure.

Beautifully written

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A tale of magic, of love and loss, of secret passages and the truth they lead to. Told in a gorgeous language that will sparkle in your soul long after the story has reached its end.

Very nicely read.

Magic and poetry sprinkled like stardust

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