Shadow Magic (Lyra Novels) - Tapa dura

Wrede s delightful voice is all her own. "School Library Journal" No doubt the charm, humor, and intelligence of Wrede s writing will continue to enthrall. "Publishers Weekly" High-style fantasy and adventure. "The""New York Times"" "Wrede's delightful voice is all her own." --School Library Journal "No doubt the charm, humor, and intelligence of Wrede's writing will continue to enthrall." --Publishers Weekly "High-style fantasy and adventure." --The New York Times Wrede s delightful voice is all her own. School Library Journal No doubt the charm, humor, and intelligence of Wrede s writing will continue to enthrall. Publishers Weekly High-style fantasy and adventure. TheNew York Times"

A princess fights a faceless enemy in a forest filled with magic in this tale of "high-style fantasy and adventure" from the author of Dealing with Dragons (The New York Times). Trouble is brewing in Alkyra. While the kingdom's noblemen squabble, on their borders an ancient enemy, the Lithmern, raises an army. As the head of the Noble House of Brenn attempts to organize an alliance, the princess Alethia celebrates her twentieth birthday. She is a remarkable woman: quick-witted, beautiful, and handy with a throwing knife. But on the next night, she passes through a dark corridor on her way to the banquet hall, and never emerges from the shadows. The Lithmern have kidnapped the princess. When Alethia regains consciousness, an evil Lithmern with a face made of shadows is carrying her through the forest. These are magic woods, home to fabled creatures whose existence she has always doubted. To find her way home, Alethia will have to learn to trust in the old tales, whose legends of magic and daring hold the only hope of saving her kingdom.