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Eight-year-old Bentley--baseball fan and television addict--finds that his destiny is to battle Prince Ombra, the archdemon, in a duel of devout magic against black for the fate of all humankind
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IT IS SAID--and it is true--that just before we are born, a cavern angel holds his finger to our mouths and whispers, "Hush! Don't tell what you know."
This is why we have a cleft on our upper lips and remember nothing of where we came from.
Toward the end of the last century--in 1978, to be precise--a smooth-lipped boy appeared in the world.
He grew...
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In the vein of works by Tolkien and Terry Brooks, Prince Ombra is a basic fantasy of good vs. evil. Its twist is that the champion of good is a crippled eight-year-old boy. LJ's reviewer found that the author "combines the measured phrase of legends with the chaos of modern life in fascinating juxtaposition" (LJ 11/15/82).
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- PublisherDistributed by St. Martin's Press
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0865530505
- ISBN 13 9780865530508
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages305
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PRINCE OMBRA [Uncorrected Proof]
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Congdon & Weed, Inc., New York, NY, 1982
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Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Not Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: Congdon & Weed, Inc. G/No Dustjacket. 1982. First Edition. PAPERBACK, PAPERBACK, PAPERBACK. Uncorrected Proof, PAPERBACK . 8vo., 442pp., Bumped rear and spine, small edge tears, inking of fore-edges . PAPERBACK, PAPERBACK, PAPERBACK. Seller Inventory # BOOKS257777
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Prince Ombra
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Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1982
ISBN 10: 0865530505
ISBN 13: 9780865530508
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slightly bumped at the head and heel of the spine. Jacket lightly rubbed. Seller Inventory # 103973
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