Library of the Sapphire Wind
Published on 16. January 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-9821-2591-2 (ISBN)
Description
Instead of mentors, they got monsters . . .
That's what Xerak, Vereez, and Grunwold think when three strange creatures shimmer into being within the circle of Hettua Shrine. Their conclusion is reasonable enough. After all, they've never seen humans before.
As for Margaret Blake, Peg Gallegos, and Tessa Brown-more usually known as Meg, Peg, and Teg-they're equally astonished but, oddly enough, better prepared. Age and experience have accustomed them to surprises. A widely varied course of reading material has intellectually prepared them for the idea that other worlds, even worlds where people with traits more commonly ascribed to "animals" may exist.
Then there is the mysterious verse that Teg speaks as they arrive, words that seem to indicate that the Shrine must have been at least partially responding to the request made of it.
Despite doubts on all sides, the three unlikely mentors join forces with the three young "inquisitors" and venture out into the world Peg dubs "Over Where." First they must find the Library of the Sapphire Wind, destroyed years before.
Will they find answers there, or is this only the first stage in their search?
About Jane Lindskold:
"Intricately plotted. . . . a thought-provoking tale of magic and politics, enlivened by Firekeeper's wry and wolfish point-of-view." -Publishers Weekly on Wolf's Blood
"Lindskold delivers an exotic historical fantasy that takes the reader from Victorian England to Egypt." -Publishers Weekly on The Buried Pyramid
"I loved it. A thrilling, edge-of-the-seat read-I couldn't put it down!" -Tamora Pierce on Fire Season (cowritten with David Weber)
That's what Xerak, Vereez, and Grunwold think when three strange creatures shimmer into being within the circle of Hettua Shrine. Their conclusion is reasonable enough. After all, they've never seen humans before.
As for Margaret Blake, Peg Gallegos, and Tessa Brown-more usually known as Meg, Peg, and Teg-they're equally astonished but, oddly enough, better prepared. Age and experience have accustomed them to surprises. A widely varied course of reading material has intellectually prepared them for the idea that other worlds, even worlds where people with traits more commonly ascribed to "animals" may exist.
Then there is the mysterious verse that Teg speaks as they arrive, words that seem to indicate that the Shrine must have been at least partially responding to the request made of it.
Despite doubts on all sides, the three unlikely mentors join forces with the three young "inquisitors" and venture out into the world Peg dubs "Over Where." First they must find the Library of the Sapphire Wind, destroyed years before.
Will they find answers there, or is this only the first stage in their search?
About Jane Lindskold:
"Intricately plotted. . . . a thought-provoking tale of magic and politics, enlivened by Firekeeper's wry and wolfish point-of-view." -Publishers Weekly on Wolf's Blood
"Lindskold delivers an exotic historical fantasy that takes the reader from Victorian England to Egypt." -Publishers Weekly on The Buried Pyramid
"I loved it. A thrilling, edge-of-the-seat read-I couldn't put it down!" -Tamora Pierce on Fire Season (cowritten with David Weber)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Riverdale
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
334 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9821-2591-2 (9781982125912)
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Jane Lindskold is the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of more than thirty novels, including Library of the Sapphire Wind, Aurora Borealis Bridge, and House of Rough Diamonds. Lindskold has also written in collaboration with David Weber and Roger Zelazny. When she's not writing or reading, she's likely being ordered around by a variety of small animals. Lindskold lives in New Mexico.