Mystic and Rider (The Twelve Houses, Book 1)

Shinn, Sharon

ISBN 10: 0441013031 / ISBN 13: 9780441013036

Published by Ace Books, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mystic and Rider (The Twelve Houses, Book 1)
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0441013031
• ISBN 13: 9780441013036
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 7 ounces

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Synopsis

Gillengaria is seething with unrest, where magic is both feared and coveted, and a dangerous mission unfolds

In the south, hostility toward magic and its users has risen to a dangerous level, though King Baryn has ordered that such mystics are to be tolerated. It is whispered that he issued the decree because his new wife used her magic powers to ensnare him…

The King knows there are those in the noble Twelve Houses who could use this growing dissent to overthrow him. So he dispatches the mystic Senneth to assess the threat throughout the realm. Accompanying her is a motley band of magic-users and warriors including Tayse, first among the King’s Riders—who holds a hard view of mystics in general, and Senneth in particular.

But as the unlikely allies venture farther into the south, they will face death in a land under the sway of a fanatical cult that would purge Gillengaria of all magic users. And they will come to realize that their only hope of survival lies in standing together…

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.