The Duke's Ballad (Witch World Chronicles) - Softcover

Norton, Andre; McConchie, Lyn

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9780765345523: The Duke's Ballad (Witch World Chronicles)

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ISBN 10: 0765345528 ISBN 13: 9780765345523

Publisher: Tor Fantasy, 2005

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Dueling Magics

Born into a family with magical powers, Aisling is a young witch who fights to protect her homeland of Kars. Unfortunately, the biggest threat to Kars is her older brother, Kirion, who has chosen to use his powers for evil, and years ago forced Aisling into exile.

Since Aisling’s departure, Kirion has tightened his hold on Shastro, the Duke of Kars. Through Shastro, Kirion’s dark influence works to subjugate the entire realm.

With her younger brother Keelan helping her, Aisling returns, in disguise, to undermine Kirion’s power and defeat the evil duke. But as Aisling gets closer to Shastro, the Duke takes a liking to her, and she finds herself questioning her mission. But when a neighboring clan lays siege to Kars, Aisling and Keelan realize they must act, lest Kirion bring even more death and suffering to Kars’ loyal subjects than he has already caused.

Using all the magic, persistence and ingenuity she can summon, Aisling must somehow find a way to avoid the attention of her dangerous older brother, save the people from his murderous sorcery, and return to their Dukedom the peace and prosperity it once knew.

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A new novel of the Witch World

Witch World is the most popular and enduring series written by Science
Fiction Grand Master and World Fantasy Life Achievement Award-winner Andre Norton. Since the 1960s, the novels of Witch World have enthralled millions of readers worldwide.

Now Miss Norton has collaborated with Lyn McConchie to write the first new
Witch World novel in more than a decade. The Duke's Ballad is the exciting story of a young sorceress and her friends who struggle, with courage and resourcefulness, against a corrupt and evil lord and his powerful and deadly wizard, to reclaim their native land of Kars.

"A superb storyteller with a narrative pace all her own."
--The New York Times

"Andre Norton is a superb storyteller."
--Chicago Tribune

"One of the most popular authors of our time."
--Publishers Weekly

"One of the most distinguished living SF and fantasy writers."
--Booklist

"This is one of the better SF series going, with Norton using stripped prose to put her stereotypes through their foredestined rounds. Neat, swift, and strongly detailed. Old fans will dance and howl for more."
--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

One of the most famous science fiction and fantasy authors of all time, Andre Norton, who passed away in March 2005, was awarded a Life Achievement World Fantasy Award and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She wrote over a hundred novels, including novels in her Witch World, Beast Master, Solar Queen, and the Time Traders series. Her books sold millions of copies worldwide.

Lyn McConchie has written many novels, as well as books about trolls. Her collaborations with Andre Norton include Key to the Keplian, and Silver May Tarnish, Witch World novels and Beast Master's Ark and Beast Master’s Circus, SF novels in the Hosteen Storm series. She lives in New Zealand, where she writes --and runs a farm.

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