Music to My Sorrow (Bedlam's Bard) - Hardcover

Lackey, Mercedes; Edghill, Rosemary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416509178 ISBN 13: 9781416509172

Publisher: Baen, 2005

Synopsis

In the sequel to Mad Maudlin, after rescuing his young brother Magnus from a killer demon, Bedlam's Bard Eric Banyon is forced into a high-stakes custody battle with their tyrannical parents, unaware that his parents have joined forces with evangelist Billy Fairchild, a tool of the evil Unseleighe elves.

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About the Author

Mercedes Lackey is known for several bestselling fantasy series, including the Heralds of Valdemar and Bardic Voices series, work that ranges from historical fantasy to grittily realistic urban fantasy set in the modern world. In only a decade she has made her mark as one of the brightest stars of fantasy. She lives in Oklahoma where she can be found prying the talons of birds of prey she is attempting to nurse back to health out of her hands. Rosemary Edghill, after holding the usual array of Weird Writer jobs, including freelance graphic designer and vampire killer, has settled down to a career as a full-time writer, publishing popular urban fantasies as well as novels in genres ranging from romance to mystery. Her latest solo novel for Baen is The Warslayer

From Booklist

The latest Bedlam's Bard novel picks up where Mad Maudlin (2003) left off. Eric Banyon, a bard in Elfhame and a music teacher in New York City, is finishing the training of his bardic student, Hosea; seeking to adopt his own brother, Magnus, to keep him away from their parents, who tried twice to raise a trophy son; and running messages for his elflord, Prince Arvin. If this weren't enough to keep the book humming, Eric, Magnus, Hosea, and elven-exile-turned-nonprofit-CEO Ria are trying to help Ace, the minor daughter of an unscrupulous televangelist who has fled her parents, get emancipated-minor status. Legal battles turn lethal when Eric and Magnus' parents ask for help from what they think is a family intervention group but is really a front for the unseligh elves to torment and mindwipe mortals. Oh, and Eric's bardic immunity no longer protects him when his blood mother asks to have him "healed." Lots of action, some unobtrusive preaching (let children be themselves, not trophies for their parents), and a literally bang-up finish. Frieda Murray
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About this edition

• Publisher: Baen
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1416509178
• ISBN 13: 9781416509172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352