The Shape-Changer's Wife - Softcover

Shinn, Sharon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441002617 ISBN 13: 9780441002610

Publisher: Ace, 1995

Synopsis

From the national bestselling author of The Samaria Trilogy...this is the novel that launched Sharon Shinn's career and inspired Peter S. Beagle to call her "the most original writer of fantasy since Robin McKinley."

Aubrey was a student of the fine art of wizardry. But the more knowledge he acquired, the more he wanted to learn. He traveled in search of the greatest master of all, the gifted shape-changer Glyrenden. From him, Aubrey expected to discover the secret of long-lost spells and the mysteries of arcane magic.

But there was one discovery he never expected, a mystery he risked every thing to solve. Her name was Lilith...

About this title

About the Author:

Sharon Shinn is a journalist who works for a trade magazine. Her first novel, The Shapechanger's Wife, was selected by  Locus as the best first fantasy novel of 1995. She has won the William C. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer, and was twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has lived in the Midwest most of her life.

Review:

"An exceptionally lovely first novel. Shinn has set out to create a sweet and beautiful story about love, magic and honor, and has proven that she can accomplish this task nobly, enjoyably and well."

"In a genre so drearily cluttered with thundering Dark Lords [and] babbling elves...her deceptively low-keyed, marvelously straight-forward story-telling is a delight."

"Ms. Shinn takes a traditional romance and wraps it in a fantasy...Rousing."

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0441002617
• ISBN 13: 9780441002610
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 200